This article proposes a unified constraintbased account of the variation and typology of mid vowel assimilation across mandarin dialects. In derivational phonology, effects that are inexplicable at the surface. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. This devoicing creates allophones of the affected phonemes. Assimilation of consonants in english and assimilation of the definite article in arabic hamada shehdeh abid dawood1, dr. Implications for the diachronic account of regressive voicing assimilation are discussed. Correspondence constraints penalize deviations from identity between input and output. It is claimed that optimality theory cannot account for phonological opacity see idsardi 2000, for example. We see examples of intervocalic voicing in historical. It also traditionally occurs in dialects that maintain codaposition s, instead of the radical dialects that aspirate or delete it.
Positional faithfulness and voicing assimilation in optimality theory this paper proposes a set of constraints within the eamework of optimality theory that accounts for syllable final laryngeal neutralization and voicing assimilation in obstruent clusters. In lombardi 1996 i propose a set of constraints within optimality theory prince and. Distinctive feature theory when we describe speech sounds, we use terms like. In either case, this type of local assimilation is considered to result in contextually unmarked structures. The role and representation of contrast in phonological. The second is to use optimality theory for the analysis and see how it. Phonological voicing, phonetic voicing, and assimilation in.
Mid vowel assimilation across mandarin dialects springerlink. Intervocalic voicing and regressive voicing assimilation in. D seldorf, the 6th manchester phonology meeting, 23 may 1998 in manchester, and the international. Pdf voicing and devoicing in english, german, and dutch. Introduction the purpose of this paper is to identify, and suggest a solution to, an incompatibility between the framework of optimality theory and the theory of contrastive speci. This pattern has implications for how markedness is expressed in grammar. Assimilation is an important building block for how we organize our learning. However, in coda devoicing, in contrast to assimilation, the voiced obstruent is devoiced. The case of breton, lingua on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Consonantal weakening and licensing in optimality theory acl. The basic formal element of the theory is the constraint.
Introduction this study is an attempt to model variation in a constraintbased theory. Pdf final devoicing and voicing assimilation in dutch derivation. Linda lombardis analysis of positional faithfulness and voicing assimilation in optimality theory. Conference of the sfb 282 theory of the lexicon, 18. Constraint interaction in generative grammar compiles the most important readings about optimality theory in phonology from some of the most prominent researchers. This paper aims at discussing the term assimilation. The interaction of positional faithfulness and markedness is shown. Positional faithfulness and voicing assimilation in optimality theory. For example, the english suffix s is pronounced s when it follows a voiceless phoneme cats, and z when it follows a voiced phoneme dogs. An optimality theoretic account of nasal assimilation in english. The topic of this paper is regressive voicing assimilation in modern.
Jan 01, 2007 some of the insights of the contrastivist hypothesis can be maintained in optimality theory through the translation of a contrastive feature hierarchy into a constraint ranking, but contrastive specification is ultimately at odds with the optimality theoretic principle of richness of the base and the assumptions that underlie it. This article presents data that highlights a previously unrecognised pattern. Smolensky 1993 that account for patterns of obstruent devoicing and. Distinctive feature theory in this theory the basic unit is the feature not the. Apparent spread of voice, then, was actually a result of neutralization, as follows. Lecture 1 data assimilation basics earth online esa. The present study intends to analyze the process of voicing assimilation across different speaking rates in catalan and english. Jan 26, 2018 assimilation is a linear process by which one group becomes culturally similar to another over time. This process of mid vowel assimilation varies across mandarin dialects depending on the features involved, the direction of feature spreading, and whether or not a mid vowel is fully or partially assimilated. It is found that listeners tend to identify a fricative as voiceless if it is drawn from the position before a voiceless obstruent, but that a following voiced segment has no significant effect on voicing class identification. Most commonly, the change is a result of sound assimilation with an adjacent sound of opposite voicing, but it can also occur wordfinally or in contact with a specific vowel.
Laryngeal assimilation, markedness and typology phonology. To present explicit formal analyses of the three kinds of phenomena, i adopt the framework of optimality theory prince and smolensky 1993, mccarthy and prince 1993a, b. Optimality theory confronts these issues directly, designing its basic architecture to deal with them. This paper intends to illustrate an analysis about one of the common phonological processes in some regional varieties of bushehri. The interaction of positional faithfulness and markedness is shown to result in laryngeal neutralization. Final devoicing and voicing assimilation in dutch derivation and. Awwad ahmad alahmadi alharbi english department, umm alqura university 1. When we specify one of these descriptions, we are defining the articulatory features of the particular sound. Progressive place assimilation in optimality theory. Abstract this paper reconsiders nasal assimilation in english within the framework of optimality theory and shows that the phenomena can be accounted for in a natural way in terms of some ranked violable constraints. Though output underspecification is maintained, it does not pattern in the all.
Optimality theory has attracted substantial amounts of criticism, most of which is directed at its application to phonology rather than syntax or other fields. We turn now to details of constraintbased analyses of english voicing assimilation. Roa, which was created by alan prince in 1993, is an electronic depository of work in, on, or about ot. Taking this theory as a lens, one can see generational changes within immigrant families, wherein the immigrant generation is culturally different upon arrival but assimilates, to some degree, to the dominant culture. The second one changes the voicing of the first one. Positional faithfulness and voicing assimilation in. They suggested that voicing assimilation was a combination of neutralization and spreading. Croatian voicing assimilation in optimality theory core. Major issues in english vocalic phonology concern the tenseness discrepancy and height discrepancy between underived words and derived words. Given the architecture of generative phonology, which distinguishes between underlying lexical forms and surface forms, and given the. Now, when voiced fricatives appear wordfinally and they are. Dec 19, 2015 phonemic assimilation voice recall that wordfinal voiced plosives, fricatives and affricates are particularly prone to being devoiced when they appear in words spoken in isolation, e. This paper proposes a set of constraints within the framework of optimality theory that accounts for syllablefinal laryngeal neutralization and voicing assimilation in obstruent clusters. In this paper croatian voicing assimilation was described within the framework of contemporary optimality theory, which is based on the interaction of universal, violable and ranked constraints.
Ahmad atawneh2 hebron university, faculty of graduate studies and academic research english department abstract. Final devoicing in central kurdish newcastle university. Voicing alternations and underlying representations. Licensing and underspecification in optimality theory. In english, assimilation in voicing does occur with sibilants, especially in stemfinal. Cheryl zoll 19 partial class behavior and nasal place assimilation 379 jaye padgett 20 dissimilation as local conjunction 394 john alderete 21 synchronic chain shifts in optimality theory 407. A set of constraints markedness constraints define dispreferred configurations.
Voicing and devoicing in english, german, and dutch citeseerx. As illustrated in 1, an intervocalic labial and a velar stop in kalenjin are subject to voicing assimilation. An analysis of voicing alternations within optimality theory luba butska an optimality theory prince and smolensky 1993 analysis of voicing processes accounts for the most common processes of obstruent voicing alternations and for the variation in voicing alternations across languages. A reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including a lengthy excerpt from prince and smolenskys neverbeforepublished optimality theory. Assimilation of consonants in english and assimilation of the. Mccarthy points out that some of the most significant work on ot is available for free on the rutgers optimality archive. Optimality theory ot is a linguistic model originally proposed by the linguists alan prince and paul smolensky in 1993. The full text of this article hosted at is unavailable due to technical difficulties. We can write the rule as follows, where the double crossoff shows that a connection is cut, and the dotted line shows that a new connection is formed. Day 5 lecture 1 data assimilation hendrik elbern 2 dragon advanced training course in atmosphere remote sensing objective of this lecture understanding of the fundamental objectives of data assimilation and inverse modelling theory of data assimilation three basic sources of information combination of information sources. Recent work in ot, especially by lombardi 1996, sets the. Sep 01, 2000 read voicing alternations and underlying representations. Optimality theory in phonology california institute of.
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