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Frank Gouldsmith Speck Collection Index Of Penobscot Materials, Pauleena Macdougall
Frank Gouldsmith Speck Collection Index Of Penobscot Materials, Pauleena Macdougall
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Phonetics In Phonology: Evidence From Scottish Gaelic Preaspiration, Ian D. Clayton
Phonetics In Phonology: Evidence From Scottish Gaelic Preaspiration, Ian D. Clayton
Ian D. Clayton
Through factorial typology, Optimality Theory is able to predict a range of theoretically possible grammars. However, factorial typology is sometimes too powerful a tool: there may be a systematic mismatch between the range of grammars predicted and those actually attested. Many scholars have offered solutions to this overgeneration problem; for instance, Wilson’s targeted constraints (2001), and Steriade’s P-map (2001) aim to constrain the predictive power of OT by invoking cognitive factors. However, other scholars (e.g. Ohala 2005, Barnes 2002, Myers 2002) assert that typological gaps may be accounted for through the diachronic operation of phonetic factors; it is therefore redundant …