Dissertation - Michael Becker

to use the general MAX and the specific MAX σ1 , which penalizes the deletion of materialfrom the initial syllable of the stem.The complementary distribution of voicing alternation and dorsal deletion is apparentfrom the summary of the ranking arguments, exemplified with mono-syllabic nouns in(62). There is a conflict between IDENT(voice) σ1 and *RkV, and there is a separate conflictbetween MAX σ1 and *VkV. The learner is free to discover each conflict separately.(62)IDENT σ1 *RkV MAX σ1 *VkVa. mülk-ü ≻ mülg-ü W Lb. reng-i ≻ renk-i L Wc. ok-u ≻ o-u W Ld. gö-ü ≻ gök-ü L WIf IDENT σ1 is cloned first, IDENT(voice) σ1〈*RkV, mülk〉 will be installed, followed by theinstallation of *RkV. Then, either MAX σ1 or *VkV will need to be cloned. If MAX σ1 iscloned, the resulting grammar will be as in (63).(63) IDENT(voice) σ1〈*RkV, mülk〉 ≫ *RkV ≫ MAX σ1〈*VkV, ok〉 ≫ *VkV≫ IDENT(voice) σ1〈*RkV, renk〉 , MAX σ1〈*VkV, gök〉Equivalently, If MAX σ1 is cloned first, followed by the cloning of IDENT(voice) σ1 , theresulting grammar, in (64), is just as good as the grammar in (63) in accounting for theavailable data.(64) MAX σ1〈*VkV, ok〉 ≫ *VkV ≫ IDENT(voice) σ1〈*RkV, mülk〉 ≫ *RkV≫ IDENT(voice) σ1〈*RkV, renk〉 , MAX σ1〈*VkV, gök〉63