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TitleAn Optimality-Theoretic Analysis of Lachmann's Law
NameRoberts, Philip (Author), University of Oxford,
Date Created2009
SubjectComparative Philology and General Linguistics,
Phonology,
Morphology,
Historical linguistics,
Latin,
vowel lengthening,
Lachmann's Law,
stratal OT,
morphology-phonology interface
DescriptionThis thesis examines the phenomenon in the morpho-phonology of Latin known as Lachmann's Law, whereby certain past participles display an etymologically unexpected long vowel. Kiparsky (1965) proposed a rule-based account of the Law which involved the insertion of a rule elsewhere than at the end of the derivation, so that it interacts opaquely with another rule. I re-formulate Kiparsky's original analysis within the framework of Stratal OT, proposing a new constraint and characterising the change giving rise to Lachmann's Law as a re-ranking of the constraint on the stem level. A factorial typology of the new constraint is offered.
NoteM.Phil.
Genrethesis
Persistent URLhttp://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore00000002165.ETD.000064768
Languageeng
CollectionRutgers Optimality Archive
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work