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 …

This paper proposes a set of constraints within the framework of Optimality Theory that
accounts for syllable-final laryngeal neutralization and voicing assimilation in obstruent …

The distribution of the feature [high] in Shona verbs is a prototypical example of positional
neutralisation accompanied by vowel harmony. In languages which exhibit positional …

This article presents a typology of consonant harmony or Long Distance Consonant
Agreement that is analyzed as arising through correspondence relations between …

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 …

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Linguistic form is expressed in space, as articulators effectconstrictions at various points in
the vocal tract, but also in time, as articulators move. A rather widespread assumption in …

In Optimality Theory, constraints come in two types, which are distinguished by their mode of
evaluation. Categorical constraints are either satisfied or not; a categorical constraint …