Chapter 14 Variables in Optimality Theory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Chapter 1 Freedom of Analysis? 1
4. Chapter 2 Laryngeal Underspecification and Richness of the Base 11
5. Chapter 3 Underlying representations that do not minimize grammatical violations 35
6. Chapter 4 Allomorphy – selection, not optimization 63
7. Chapter 5 A freer input: Yowlumne opacity and the Enriched Input Model 93
8. Chapter 6 Derived Environment Effects and Consistency of Exponence 123
9. Chapter 7 Colored turbid accents and containment: A case study from lexical stress 149
10. Chapter 8 Freedom, Interpretability, and the Loop 175
11. Chapter 9 Restraint of Analysis 203
12. Chapter 10 The roles of GEN and CON in modeling ternary rhythm 233
13. Chapter 11 Representational complexity in syllable structure and its consequences for GEN and CON 257
14. Chapter 12 Restricting GEN 281
15. Chapter 13 The division of labor between segment-internal structure and violable constraints 313
16. Chapter 14 Variables in Optimality Theory 345
17. Backmatter 373