Optimality Theory and Spanish Phonology

Bradley, Travis G.

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“…In the case of (a), negligible coarticulation is attested when C offset and V onset are aligned (Bradley 2014) (furthermore, if scenario (a) were instead between consecutive consonants, it is precisely the configuration necessary for intrusive vowels given the sizeable gap between gestures (Gafos 2002, Hall 2006). Scenario (b) overlaps vocalic with consonantal articulations one landmark to the left, aligning C release (instead of offset) and V onset, the result of which is a derived secondary articulation on C (Bateman 2007).…”

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An optimality theoretic typology of three fricative-vowel assimilations in Latin American Spanish

Renaud¹

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invaluable intellectual, emotional and financial support from countless sources, many of whom I will unintentionally neglect to mention in what follows. First and foremost, this dissertation-and my having survived college in general-would not have been possible without my advisor and mentor Paula Kempchinsky. My research benefited greatly from her comments, suggestions and probing questions, and when I struggled to find answers (or justify to myself why I chose to stay in graduate school), her constant reassurance sustained me throughout this difficult process. (I would also be remiss if I did not, at this point, thank her for her keen editorial eye.) When the University of Iowa was without a Spanish phonologist, Paula assumed the unenviable role of temporary thesis co-director until I had the privilege of meeting Christine Shea, my eventual permanent co-director, whose numerous consultations, brainstorming sessions and e-mails on everything from phonetics to alternative theoretical approaches turned a limited OT analysis into (what I hope is) the multifaceted dissertation before you. I thank her for adopting this phonological orphan. I met Jerzy Rubach, also my co-director and mentor, in [hɛɫ] (that is, H.E.L., or History of the English Language). I once told him during a subsequent semester of independent study in which we met for one hour once per week that I learned more from him in those sixteen total hours than I had in a few previous (general education undergraduate) classes that met three times per week. I feel privileged just to have retained probably less than one-quarter of all the incredible phonological knowledge he has imparted to me over the years. v Much debt is owed to Jill Beckman for being an inspirational instructor, for the countless hours of individual meetings and for all her grammatical corrections, as well. I would like to thank Mercedes Niño-Murcia for being a constant source of positive energy and kindness, and for reminding me not to neglect the importance of my sociolinguistic background, especially when it came to preparing the experimental methodology for this research. I thank Judy Liskin-Gasparro for her insightful methodological comments, as well. From a non-academic perspective, the Spanish and Portuguese picnics that she hosted are fond memories of graduate school that I will always cherish. I cannot envision a graduate school experience that is not shared with fellow graduate students. I thus thank my friends and colleagues who equally suffered with me:

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“…14a. ALIGN(C, offset, V, onset) (Bradley 2014) In a CV sequence, align the offset of C with the onset of V.…”

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An optimality theoretic typology of three fricative-vowel assimilations in Latin American Spanish

Renaud¹

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“…Optimality theory (OT) has inspired linguists from different areas or fields of linguistics. Sounds system of many languages, like Spanish [1], [2], have been investigated by using this paradigm, OT. Many Arabic phonological phenomena have not received studies within the OT framework, therefore, the current study is oriented to bridge part of the gap.…”

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Conflicts of Vowel Governed Constraints in Arabic Derivation

Al-Hindawi¹,

Al-Jashamy²

2021

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The paradigm of constraints that is proposed by optimality theory as a substitute to the rules paradigm has influenced all the fields of linguistics. Different phonological phenomena in different many languages have been investigated in terms of optimality theory. The phonological structures of Arabic suffer from some changes like deletion, substitution and other processes that underlie the systematic derivation (Al-ishtiqaaq) of vowels. In terms of Optimality Theory, this paper investigates two issues: First, the conflicted faithfulness and markedness constraints that govern vowels through derivation, and second, how these constraints are ranked. Finding out such constraints can provide the storage of the universal constraints by new ones and discovering how Arabic ranks these universal constraints. The current study adopted the mechanism that is proposed by the optimality theory. At the same time, the paper suggested some constraints that has been tested and formulated according to the theory in question. The ranking of these constraints also have been investigated. The study led to demonstrating the existence of the suggested constraints that work during derivation. It also represented how these constraints are ranked. Some of the discovered constraints are already found in the universal storage of constraints and others are peculiar to Arabic. It is found that the SAK constraint (the absence of the Arabic short vowels) plays a fundamental role in vowels derivation.

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“…Teniendo esto en cuenta, se vuelve razonable estudiar si la supresión de /r/ y /θ/ propicia cambios en las vocales precedentes, similares a los que se proponen para /s/ en estudios como los de Martínez Melgar (1994) y Peñalver Castillo (2006), y si los hablantes de andaluz oriental pueden identificar /-s/, /-r/ y /-θ/ subyacentes tras /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/ o /u/. En español, los fonemas /r/ y /ɾ/ solamente tienen función contrastiva en posición intervocálica y, en coda silábica, la realización fonética de éstos puede variar a través de un continuum que va desde la vibrante simple hasta la vibrante múltiple; variación esta última gobernada por particularidades estilísticas y dialectales (Blecua Falgueras 2005;Bradley 2014 (1977), Sanders (1998) y Carlson (2012, entre otros, consideran que la carga semántica de la /-s/ subyacente se mantiene mediante la abertura vocálica, con lo cual otorgan una función fonémica a las vocales abiertas del andaluz oriental. Por otro, autores como López Morales (1984) y Martínez Melgar (1986) admiten que, en andaluz oriental, las vocales se abren ante /-s/ subyacente, pero no consideran que esa abertura vocálica tenga valor fonológico.…”

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Catorce vocales del andaluz oriental: producción y percepción de /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/ y /u/en posición final y ante /-s/, /-r/ y /-θ/ subyacentes en Almería

Haro

2019

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El presente artículo investiga los efectos de la apócope de /-s/, /-r/ y /-θ/ en las vocales precedentes. Para esto, se analiza 60 hablantes de andaluz oriental y se realiza, además, un experimento de percepción, lo que confirma que 1) la apócope de /-s/, /-r/ y /-θ/ cambia la calidad de las vocales precedentes en distinto grado ─de ahí que se esté en condiciones de discernir entre 14 vocales distintas─ y que 2) los hablantes de andaluz oriental pueden identificar, por un lado, sin ayuda ninguna del contexto, si una vocal va seguida o no de una consonante subyacente y, por otro, reconocer nueve vocales distintas.

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Optimality Theory and Spanish Phonology

Cited by 7 publications

References 91 publications

An optimality theoretic typology of three fricative-vowel assimilations in Latin American Spanish

An optimality theoretic typology of three fricative-vowel assimilations in Latin American Spanish

Conflicts of Vowel Governed Constraints in Arabic Derivation

Catorce vocales del andaluz oriental: producción y percepción de /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/ y /u/en posición final y ante /-s/, /-r/ y /-θ/ subyacentes en Almería

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