Dissertation - Michael Becker

(195) IDENT(cont) IDENT(voice) IDENT(ant)[s] 56% = 56%[Ù h ]61% = 25%94%[t h ] 39% = 16%44%[Ã]61% = 2%6%[d] 39% = 1%This analysis of Korean attributes hidden marked structure to the underlying representationof the accusative affix. Once this underlying representation is set up, forms thatlack the marked structure of the affix are listed with high ranking faithfulness or with othermarkedness constraints. Since different nouns will require different rankings, lexical trendswill be learned. To summarize the result so far: assuming bases as underlying forms, andattributing marked structure that appears in derived forms to the relevant affix, leads thelearner to assume different rankings for different words, which in turn leads to learning oftrends.This analysis of the lexical trends that govern accusative forms depends on the shape ofthe accusative affix. For instance, the high vowel in the accusative form allowed the learnerto attribute the mapping of /t^/ to [s] to the constraint *TI, which penalizes stops beforehigh vowels. It is expected, then, that each suffix of the language will be treated separately.The nominative paradigms of (196), from Albright (2008), show that when an affixbegins in a front high vowel, stops and fricatives are regularly palatalized. Since the patternis regular, the markedness constraint that demands palatalization ranks over faithfulness,and therefore, the derivation of the nominative forms will not involve faithfulness to thefeature [anterior] at all, and no instances of [anterior] will be attributed to the underlyingrepresentation of the nominative suffix.202