On Reversing the Generation Process in Optimality Theory

Optimality Theory, a constraint-based phonology and morphology paradigm, has allowed linguists to make elegant analyses of many phenomena, including infixation and reduplication. In this work-in-progress, we build on the work of Ellison (1994) to investigate the possibility of using OT as a parsing tool that derives underlying forms from surface forms. a. Derivational Phonology b. Optimality Theory Figure I: Search Spaces Within DifferentParadigms

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: ACL
• Authors: J. Eric Fosler
• Keywords: ACL 1996, ACL 2007, Constraint-based Phonology, Optimality Theory, Optimality Theory Figure