Dissertation - Michael Becker

As the speaker learns the rest of the nouns of the language, the grammar in (108) willinclude an increasing number of lexical items, which in turn will let the speaker projecttheir relative number onto novel items.Nouns with no [o] in their stem are listed by *´σ/HIGH once the nouns with [o] are takencare of. The comparative tableau in (109) shows all three kinds of nouns.(109)LOCAL(o) DISTAL(o) *´σ/HIGH φ-MATCHa. xalon-ót ≻ *xalon-ím W W W Lb. alon-ím ≻ *alon-ót L L L Wc. olam-ót ≻ *olam-ím W W Ld. olar-ím ≻ *olar-ót L L We. Sem-ót ≻ *Sed-ím W Lf. Sed-ím ≻ *Sed-ót L WOnce LOCAL(o) and DISTAL(o) are cloned, the column of *´σ/HIGH will be left withonly one W and one L at the bottom, due to the masking of W’s and L’s on generalconstraints. At that point, *´σ/HIGH will be cloned, and its clones will be associated withnouns that don’t have [o] in them. The complete grammar is the one in (110).(110) LOCAL(o) {xalon} ≫ DISTAL(o) {olam} ≫ *´σ/HIGH {Sem}≫ φ-MATCH ≫LOCAL(o) {alon} , DISTAL(o) {olar} , *´σ/HIGH {Sed}108