Paradigms (Optimal and Otherwise): A case for scepticism
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Bobaljik, Johnathan David. Paradigms (Optimal and Otherwise): A case for scepticism. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T34Q7RZW

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TitleParadigms (Optimal and Otherwise): A case for scepticism
PublisherOxford University Press
NameBobaljik, Johnathan David (Author)
Date Created2006
SubjectMorphology, Phonology, Paradigm (Linguistics), Noun-verb assymetries, Asymmetry (Linguistics), Cycle, Syllabication, Base, Morphene structure constraints
Extent20 p.
DescriptionThis paper aims to contribute to the debate on the status of inflectional paradigms in grammatical theory, with special reference to the theory of Optimal Paradigms (OP, McCarthy 2005), a particular version of Paradigm Uniformity. OP proposes that certain systematic phonological differences between nouns and verbs should be analyzed as arising from contingent facts about the individual affixes making up the nominal and verbal inflectional paradigms. I argue here that the Arabic data presented in OP does not support the OP model (as against, for example, cyclic alternatives) and that consideration of similar phenomena in Itelmen, a language with richer inflectional paradigms, suggests that it is morpho-syntactic category and not paradigm properties, that determine phonological behaviour.
NoteThis is a revised version of the paper presented at the MIT Paradigms Workshop 2004.
NoteThe definitive version of this paper is published in Infectional Identity and is available at http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199219643.do#.Ug5j7xlgNeI
NoteBobaljik, J.D. (2008). Paradigms (Optimal and Otherwise): A case for scepticism. In A. Bachrach & A.I. Nevins (Eds.), Inflectional Identity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
NotePortions of the research reported in this paper have been supported by grants from FCAR (2002-NC-75019) and SSHRC (410-2002-0581).
NotePeer reviewed
GenreBook Chapter
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T34Q7RZW
LanguageEnglish
CollectionRutgers Optimality Archive
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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