explaining different pronunciations of the enclitic verb /-ast/ in different contexts: an optimality theoretic account

an optimality-theoretic account of dissimilation in persian

this paper provides an optimality-theoretic account of dissimilation in standard persian as well as some other accents and dialects of persian. as such, this work starts by introducing optimality theory (henceforth ot) and its basic concepts and then it investigates dissimilation in this framework. it argues for the superiority of ot over derivational approaches regarding a case in which both d...

an investigation of accuracy and complexity across different proficiency levels in written narrative task

abstract this quasi-experimental study was aimed at examining the impact of storyline complexity on the grammatical accuracy and complexity of advanced and intermediate efl learners. a total of 65 advanced and intermediate efl learners were selected from iran language institute (ili). an intact group including 35 intermediate participants and another intact group with 30 advanced participants ...

Optimality Theoretic Account of Acquisition of Consonant Clusters of English Syllables by Persian EFL Learners*

This study accounts for the acquisition of the consonant clusters of English syllable structures both in onset and coda positions by Persian EFL learners. Persian syllable structure is "CV(CC)", composed of one consonant at the initial position and two optional consonants at the final position; whereas English syllable structure is "(CCC)V(CCCC)". Therefore, Persian EFL learners need to resolve...

the role of application of dynamic assessment approach in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels

the present study sought to investigate the role of dynamic assessment (da) in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels. to this end, after conducting the quick placement test, 60 iranian efl learners were assigned to two groups with different language proficiency levels. in both groups each participant wrote two compositions, one before and one af...

An Optimality Theoretic Account of Nasal Assimilation in English

This paper reconsiders nasal assimilation in English within the framework of Optimality Theory and shows that the phenomena can be accounted for in a natural way in terms of some ranked violable constraints. In so doing, I also argue against an account based on structural interpretations of faithfulness, and propose that identity relation between input and output, i.e., correspondence, provides...

An Optimality-Theoretic account of Sa-insertion in Japanese