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Glide and Glottal Stop Insertion in Slavic Languages: A DOT Analysis


Abstract:

This article investigates glide and glottal stop insertion in Bulgarian, Slovak (two dialects), Polish (two dialects), and Czech. It is argued that Optimality Theory shou...Show More

Abstract:

This article investigates glide and glottal stop insertion in Bulgarian, Slovak (two dialects), Polish (two dialects), and Czech. It is argued that Optimality Theory should be modified by introducing derivational levels and that OT auxiliary theories, in particular, output-output theory, MAX (Feature) theory, and sympathy theory, should be rejected.
Published in: Linguistic Inquiry ( Volume: 31, Issue: 2, April 2000)
Page(s): 271 - 317
Date of Publication: April 2000
Print ISSN: 0024-3892

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