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Velar softening, partly historical and partly synchronic in nature, has been dealt with in many different frameworks. The g→ǰ change is predictable, but the k→s change is unexpected and defies an easy explanation. In this paper, we review two key issues in English velar softening. The first issue is the predictability of these changes. The review of Lee(2004) and Randomski(2010) shows that velar softening is unpredictable and that there should be multiple inputs for all words that undergo velar softening. It is proposed in this paper, however, that in most cases we can dispense with multiple inputs. The second issue is the trigger of the velar softening process. It is assumed that part of i-initial suffixes triggers the change. The analysis in this paper shows that contextual velar softening can be explained with a single input, and we limit the use of multiple inputs only for historical residues.

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Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Previous OT Analyses
 3. A Proposal: Velar Softening as Featural Alignment
 4. Residual Problems
 5. Conclusion
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연구개음 연화 최적성이론 복수입력가설 이형태 선택 제약결합 무표형의 출현 자질정렬제약 velar softening Optimality Theory multiple input hypothesis allomorph selection constraint combination the emergence of the unmarked featural alignment

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• Yongsung Lee [ Busan University of Foreign Studies ]

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