Stratal OT or Sympathy?
Paul Kiparsky, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
I present Stratal OT's solution to the problem of phonological
opacity, illustrate it with an analysis of Yowlumne Yokuts phonology,
and argue that Stratal OT is superior to parallel OT with
Sympathy.
I first formulate seven arguments to show that Stratal OT sharpens
OT's factorial typology whereas sympathy subverts it. I then
demonstrate that it accounts for four well-attested types of opaque
constraint interaction which are beyond the reach of current
nonstratal versions of OT.
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