Towards a Framework for Bidirectional Optimality Theory in Dynamic Contexts
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چکیده
In this paper we study context–sensitive versions of bidirectional Optimality Theory (OT). We discuss a problem presented by Jason Mattausch which shows that context–sensitivity may lead into circularity. In order to be able to represent it we introduce a fundamental structure for bidirectional OT which we call Blutner structure. The discussion of Mattausch’s Example leads us to combine bidirectional OT with Dynamic Semantics.
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