Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory - Theory and Analyses - Jennifer Bellik
3. Branching Sensitivity, Prosodic Recursion and Mapping Constraints
Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory - Theory and Analyses - Jennifer Bellik
Max Tarlov [+]
SPOT Project, University of California, Santa Cruz
Max Tarlov is an undergraduate research assistant and programmer for the SPOT project, Linguistics BA 2020, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Description
Much of Optimality-theoretic research is concerned with the interaction of constraints, but as the previous chapter lays out, OT analyses require a well-defined GEN in addition to a well-defined CON and EVAL. This chapter shows how different definitions of GEN (Strict vs. Weak Layering) can interact with constraints in ways that are not immediately obvious. This chapter uses two different approaches, Match Theory and Align Theory, to the analysis of Kinyambo and property analysis of the resulting typologies as a case study to this effect.