Linguistic Inquiry
Spring 2000, Vol. 31, No. 2, Pages 271-317
(doi: 10.1162/002438900554361)
Glide and Glottal Stop Insertion in Slavic Languages: A DOT Analysis
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Abstract
This article investigates glide and glottal stop insertion in Bulgarian, Slovak (two dialects), Polish (two dialects), and Czech. It is argued that Optimality Theory should be modified by introducing derivational levels and that OT auxiliary theories, in particular, output-output theory, MAX (Feature) theory, and sympathy theory, should be rejected.