Lexicon-dependent Optimality Theory
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Lee, Jae-Young. 2004. Lexicon-dependent Optimality Theory. Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology. 10.1. 69–88. This paper aims at providing an extended Optimality Theory (OT) in which human mental lexicon is highly valued in phonological grammar. Current mainstream OT does not focus its concern on the lexicon. This paper seeks to offer a more straightforward explanation for English allomorphy and stress by taking the lexicon into serious consideration. This paper claims that some portion of English allomorphy and stress poses challenge to the OT assumption that the lexical input plays no significant role in grammar, the assumption being embodied by the Richness of the Base principle. However, some types of English allomorphy and stress patterns show that lexical information affects the evaluation of output well-formedness. Thus, this paper claims that dependence on the lexicon gives a simpler analysis of English allomorphy and stress patterns than disregard of the lexicon does, and that the lexiconsensitive analysis broadens the latitude of OT. (Seoul National University)
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