Untitled Page 1 Page 2 OUTSTANDING DISSERTATIONS IN LINGUISTICS Edited by
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A formal approach to the typology of differential object marking (DOM) is developed within
the framework of Optimality Theory. The functional/typological literature has established that …

There are a variety of phonological asymmetries exhibited by segments which appear in
perceptually or psycholinguistically prominent positions such as roots, root-initial syllables …

This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the
central premises of OT and the results that follow from them. Examples are drawn from …

Paradigmatic OO-Identity constraints force overapplication of phonology in the Austronesian
language Sundanese. In plurals created by infixation, progressive nasal assimilation applies …

Despite their apparently divergent accounts of higher cognition, cognitive theories based on
neural computation and those employing symbolic computation can in fact strengthen one …

Among the most robust generalizations in syntactic markedness is the association of
semantic role with person/animacy rank, discussed first in Silverstein (1976). The present …

This chapter presents some recent results on a central aspect of Japanese phonology,
namely, the structure of the phonological lexicon. The issue here is the fundamental division …

In this dissertation I argue for a general model of assimilation within Optimality Theory, with
vowel harmony processes serving as a specific empirical testing ground. The model centers …

A long-standing controversy in the interface between phonetics and phonology involves the
nature of sonority. This dissertation seeks to help resolve this problem by showing that the …