Publication Date
January 2002
Journal or Book Title
Phonology
Abstract
In his article 'Consonant cluster neutralisation and targeted constraints', Wilson (2001) proposes a far-reaching revision of Optimality Theory to accommodate targeted constraints, which compare candidates differing only in certain specific ways. Targeted constraints, it is argued, can explain why cluster-simplification processes affect the first member of a cluster but never the more marked member of a cluster. In this remark, I show that this argument encounters difficulties once it has been embedded in a fuller picture of constraint interaction. Some general properties of the targeted-constraints model are also discussed.
DOI
10.1017/S0952675702004347
Pages
273-292
Volume
19
Issue
2
Recommended Citation
McCarthy, John J., "On targeted constraints and cluster simplification" (2002). Phonology. 54.
10.1017/S0952675702004347
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Comments
Copyright Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S0952675702004347