Unpublished Paper
The P-Map in Harmonic Serialism
(2009)
Abstract
According to the P-Map, a phonological mapping is less faithful to the extent that there is more perceptual distance between its input and output. Although this idea is attractive, it cannot be implemented in the standard parallel version of Optimality Theory. This note explains why and shows how a derivational version of OT, Harmonic Serialism, can solve this problem.
Keywords
- Harmonic Serialism,
- P-Map,
- functional phonology
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
John J McCarthy. "The P-Map in Harmonic Serialism" (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_j_mccarthy/101/