Markedness and Economy in a Derivational Model of Phonology

This book proposes a new model of phonology that integrates rules and repairs triggered by markedness constraints in a classical derivational model. In developing this theory, the book offers new solutions to many long-standing problems involving syllabic and segmental phonology with analyses of natural language data, both well-known and relatively unknown. The book also includes a new treatment of Palatalization and Affrication processes, a novel theory of feature visibility as an alternative to feature underspecification and an extensive critique of Optimality Theory.

About the author

Andrea Calabrese is Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Calabrese
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2005
• EAN: 9783110184655
• ISBN: 978-3-11-018465-5
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 40 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 910 g
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar; Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]; Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]; ISSN; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics