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| Title: | A Realization Optimality Theory approach to blocking and extended morphological exponence |
| Author: | Zheng Xu |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/chsxz/ |
| Institution: | National University of Singapore |
| Author: | Mark Aronoff |
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| Homepage: | http://www.linguistics.stonybrook.edu/Users/maronoff/ |
| Institution: | Stony Brook University |
| Linguistic Field: | Morphology |
| Abstract: | Blocking in inflection occurs when a morphological exponent prevents the application of another exponent expressing the same feature value, thus barring the occurrence of multiple exponents of a single morphosyntactic feature value. In instances of extended exponence, more than one exponent in the same word realizes the same feature value. We provide a unified account of blocking and extended exponence that combines a realizational approach to inflection with Optimality Theory (Realization Optimality Theory), encoding morphological realization rules as ranked violable constraints. The markedness constraint *F S bars the realization of any morphosyntactic feature value by more than one exponent. If *F S ranks lower than two or more realization constraints expressing the same feature value, then we observe extended exponence. Otherwise, we find blocking of lower-ranked exponents. We show that Realization Optimality Theory is superior to various alternative approaches to blocking and extended morphological exponence. |
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This article appears in Journal of Linguistics Vol. 47, Issue 3, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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