동화현상과 유표성제약에 관한 연구: AGREE의 문제점을 극복하는 새로운 보편제약의 설정과 분석을 중심으로

Abstract

In this article, I aim to provide a unified explanation of place assimilation patterns observed in Korean and English, encapsulating the basic insight of AGREE into what happens in those languages. I intend to revise McCarthy(2004)’s analysis by adopting different constraints without additional stipulations. I propose that the OT grammar replace the function of AGREE with that of a few otherwise independently-motivated markedness constraints. In particular, I regard the place assimilation phenomenon as opaque and propose to introduce PREC into the analysis of the assimilation. The only patterning difference between those two languages will be explained to be due to the different rankings of the constraints, especially in connection with a single faithfulness constraint. It will turn out that the place assimilation patterns of both Korean and English will be nicely explained with the revised evaluation procedure I propose in this article, enhancing the economy and effectiveness of our grammar.