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@article{ART001911369},
author={LEE BYEONG HOON},
title={Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis},
journal={The Japanese Language Association of Korea},
issn={1229-7275},
year={2014},
number={41},
pages={115-129}

TY - JOUR
AU - LEE BYEONG HOON
TI - Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis
JO - The Japanese Language Association of Korea
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 41
PB - The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
SP - 115
EP - 129
SN - 1229-7275
AB - The objective of this study is to explain the palatalization before front vowels in Oita Japanese within the framework of Optimality Theory. By the markedness constraint PAL, which ensures the palatalization before front vowels, coronal consonants are palatalized before the front vowels /i/ and /e/ in Oita Japanese. But palatalization does not occur before front long vowels [i:] and [e:], produced by coalescence of /oi/, /ui/ or /ai/ in this dialect, and hence the violation of PAL. I propose a constraint [Ident(ant) & Ident(back)]Body, which conjoins two faithfulness constraints, Ident(ant) and Ident(back), and posit the ranking ⟦*ViVj,[Ident(ant)&Ident(back)]Body ≫ PAL ≫ Ident(ant)⟧ in order to explain this under application opacity. A faithfulness constraint Ident(ant) is ranked lower than a markedness constraint PAL, so palatalization occurs before non-coalesced front vowels. However, since the composite constraint [Ident(ant) & Ident(back)]Body is ranked higher than PAL is, palatalization does not occur before front vowels [i:] and [e:], which are coalesced from /oi/, /ui/ or /ai/.
KW - Oita Japanese;Palatalization;Opacity;Local constraint conjunction;Optimality theory
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LEE BYEONG HOON. (2014). Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 41, 115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON. 2014, "Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis", The Japanese Language Association of Korea, no.41, pp.115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON "Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis" The Japanese Language Association of Korea 41 pp.115-129 (2014) : 115.

LEE BYEONG HOON. Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis. 2014; 41 : 115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON. "Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.41(2014) : 115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON. Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 41, 115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON. Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis. The Japanese Language Association of Korea. 2014; 41 115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON. Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis. 2014; 41 : 115-129.

LEE BYEONG HOON. "Palatalization in Oita Japanese : An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.41(2014) : 115-129.