Say hello to markedness

In this paper, it will be shown that Bi-directional Optimality Theory (BOT) runs into problems of undergeneration when confronted with a certain class of partial-blocking phenomena. The empirical problem used to illustrate this is the cross-linguistic variation of one-step past-referring tenses. It will be argued that the well-known ‘present perfect puzzle’ is a sub-problem of it. The solution to the cross-linguistic variation of these tenses involves blocking of the marked tense. The relevant notion of ‘markedness’, while underivable synchronically, is argued to be linked to diachronic learning processes similar to those investigated by Benz (2006).

Metadaten
Author details:	Gerhard Schaden
URN:	urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32247
ISSN:	1616-7392
ISSN:	1864-1857
Title of parent work (German):	Linguistics in Potsdam
Publication type:	Article
Language:	English
Publication year:	2009
Publishing institution:	Universität Potsdam
Release date:	2009/06/24
Issue:	28
First page:	73
Last Page:	97
RVK - Regensburg classification:	EQ 3310
Organizational units:	Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik
DDC classification:	4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Collection(s):	Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Linguistics in Potsdam: LIP, ISSN 1864-1857 / LIP (2009) 28
Institution name at the time of the publication:	Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
License (German):	Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
External remark:	In Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Broekhuis, Hans: Optimality theory and minimalism : interface theories / Hans Broekhuis, Ralf Vogel (eds.) Potsdam : Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2009. - 212 S. ISSN 1616-7392 ISBN 978-3-940793-61-4 --> bestellen