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 …

Hidden Generalizations is the first monograph devoted exclusively to the problem of
phonological opacity. Opacity arises when the conditions for or results of an active …

A central idea in rule-based phonology is the serial derivation (Chomsky & Halle 1968). In a
serial derivation, an underlying form passes through a number of intermediate …

This book is about the phonological phenomenon known as nasal harmony, where the
property of nasalization spreads in a predictable way across certain sequences of adjacent …

Serial derivations have been a central idea in the theory of generative phonology throughout
its history, but scant attention has been paid to a key question: is any serial derivation …

The main goal of this dissertation is to provide a generative account of phonological opacity
within a framework built upon direct mapping in the synchronic grammar without abstract …