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(6.24) Illicit fully specified <strong>in</strong>put (segment outside the <strong>in</strong>ventory)<br />

Input: [+low, +coronal, –labial, –ATR, –back, –high, etc.] (/æ/)<br />

Candidates MAX<br />

[low]<br />

a. [+low, +cor,<br />

–lab, –ATR,<br />

–bk, –hi]<br />

b. [+low, +cor,<br />

–lab, +ATR]<br />

c. [+low, +cor,<br />

–lab]<br />

*[cor,<br />

+low]<br />

MAX<br />

[cor]<br />

*[lab,<br />

–low]<br />

MAX<br />

[lab]<br />

*[ATR,<br />

+cor]<br />

*[ATR,<br />

+lab]<br />

MAX<br />

[ATR]<br />

*[F]<br />

*! * ******<br />

*! * ****<br />

*! * ***<br />

d. [+low] * *! * *<br />

e. [+low, –lab] * *! **<br />

f. [+low, –lab,<br />

–ATR]<br />

* ***<br />

g. [–low, +cor] *! * * **<br />

h. [–low, +cor,<br />

–lab, –ATR]<br />

*! * * ****<br />

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