DescriptionThis paper proposes an analysis of alternations between two or more overt markers in differential object marking, which we claim to follow from impoverishment. Impoverishment in turn is conditioned and constrained by constraint interaction. The constraint ranking is not arbitrary but the result of harmonic alignment of markedness scales and local conjunction. Restrictions on impoverishment are then derived as restrictions on constraint orderings.
The proposal is founded on the empirical observation that differential object marking is not restricted to zero/non-zero alternations but may also exist between two or more overt markers. We consider data from Hin
NoteThe definitive version of this paper is published in NELS 39: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (2011) and is available at https://www.createspace.com/3756873.
NoteKeine, S., Mueller, G. (2011). Non-Zero/Non-Zero Alternations in Differential Object Marking. In S. Lima, K. Mullin, & B. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 39). Amherst, MA: GLSA.
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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