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3.7. Prolegomenon to a theory of contrastive specification ............................. 111
4. The Rise and Fall of the Contrastive Hierarchy ......................................... 119
4.1. Introduction: Jakobson and his collaborators ............................................ 119
4.2. The dichotomous scale ................................................................................. 121
4.3. The dichotomous scale as an acquisition sequence ................................... 122
4.4. Feature ordering and efficient coding......................................................... 125
4.5. Inconsistent approaches to contrastive specification................................. 127
4.6. Ordered rules and the contrastive hierarchy ............................................. 137
4.7. Summary: The contrastive hierarchy on the edge ..................................... 147
4.8. Stanley (1967) and the end of zeros in generative phonology .................. 148
5. Generative Phonology: Contrast Goes Underground ............................... 161
5.1. Chomsky and Halle’s revolution in phonology......................................... 161
5.2. Markedness ................................................................................................... 163
5.3. Contrast and underspecification ................................................................. 183
5.4. Theories of feature organization ................................................................. 205
5.5. Conclusions................................................................................................... 216
6. Contrast in Optimality Theory .................................................................... 219
6.1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 219
6.2. Optimality Theory ........................................................................................ 220
6.3. Early treatment of contrast in OT................................................................ 223
6.4. The contrastive hierarchy in OT.................................................................. 228
6.5. Constraint hierarchies not corresponding to a contrastive hierarchy...... 236
6.6. Inputs containing illicit feature combinations ........................................... 240
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