Match Theory : An overview
(2022) In Language and Linguistics Compass 16(1).- Abstract
- This paper introduces Match Theory, an Optimality-Theoretic approach to the syntax–phonology interface proposed by Selkirk (2011). The theory states that a family of Match constraints favor syntax–prosody isomorphism, but that these can be outranked by constraints on prosodic wellformedness and/or information structure, resulting in certain principled mismatches. We compare Match Theory to previous OT approaches involving edge-alignment, and discuss several outstanding issues for Match Theory such as the proper treatment of asymmetries in syntax–prosody matching.
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- author
- Ishihara, Shinichiro LU and Kalivoda, Nick LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-01-03
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Match Theory, Optimality Theory, syntax–prosody interface
- in
- Language and Linguistics Compass
- volume
- 16
- issue
- 1
- article number
- e12446
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85122288682
- ISSN
- 1749-818X
- DOI
- 10.1111/lnc3.12446
- project
- The phonology of subordinate clauses and syntactic processing in Japanese
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 452fb57a-6b06-4636-9417-6557e20856ec
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- 2022-01-07 13:57:25
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