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TitleConspiracy in Historical Phonology
NameCrist, Sean Jacob (Author); University of Pennsylvania
Date Created2001
SubjectLinguistics, Phonology, Historical linguistics, conspiracy, sound change, Slavic languages, Greek language, Germanic languages, diachronic, Historical linguistics
Extent228 p.
DescriptionHistorical sound change has been modeled in Optimality Theory as a change in the ranking of constraints. In the simplest case, the surface effects of a constraint reranking can be stated in terms of a single traditional rewrite rule. However, there are also rerankings whose corresponding surface effects are diverse and complex, and cannot be stated as a single rule. It is this consequence of OT which I explore in this dissertation, examining conspiracies of historical sound changes in early Greek (the elimination of *j), in West Germanic (the near elimination of voiced fricatives), and in Slavic (the elimination of syllable codas).
NotePh.D.
Genrethesis
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3DN43VB
Languageeng
CollectionRutgers Optimality Archive
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work
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