Results of Applying Recursive Constraint Demotion to Gurindji.txt


4-23-2019, 1:02 p.m.

OTSoft 2.5, release date 1/17/2017


1. Result

A ranking was found that generates the correct outputs.

   Stratum #1
      Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid           Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid
      *Oral voicoid before coda nasal           *Oral voicoid before coda nasal
      *NCV~                                     *NCV~
      *k~                                       *k~
      Max oral stop                             Max oral stop
   Stratum #2
      Max nasal stop                            Max nasal stop
   Stratum #3
      *Nasalized                                *Nasalized
   Stratum #4
      Max(nasal) in vocoids                     Max(nasal) in vocoids

2. Tableaux


/a~/: 
    Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid¦*Oral voicoid before coda nasal¦*NCV~¦*k~¦Max oral stop|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>a                                 ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |          |         1           
 a~                                ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1!    |                     


/ama/: 
      Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid¦*Oral voicoid before coda nasal¦*NCV~¦*k~¦Max oral stop|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>ama                                 ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |          |                     
 a~ma                                ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1!    |                     


/amba/: 
        Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid¦*Oral voicoid before coda nasal¦*NCV~¦*k~¦Max oral stop|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>a~mba                                 ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1     |                     
 a~mba~                                ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    2!    |                     
 aba                                   ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |      1!      |          |                     
 ama                                   ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦     1!      |              |          |                     
 amba                                  ¦              1!               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |          |                     
 amba~                                 ¦              1!               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1     |                     


/kawa-mpa/: 
             Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid¦*Oral voicoid before coda nasal¦*NCV~¦*k~¦Max oral stop|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>ka~w~a~mpa                                 ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    3     |                     
 k~a~w~a~mpa                                ¦                               ¦     ¦1! ¦             |              |    3     |                     
 kawa-mpa                                   ¦              1!               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |          |                     
 kawa~mpa                  1!               ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1     |                     
 kaw~a~mpa                 1!               ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    2     |                     


/kankawa-mpa/: 
                 Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid¦*Oral voicoid before coda nasal¦*NCV~¦*k~¦Max oral stop|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>ka~nkawapa                                     ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1     |                     
 ka~nk~a~w~a~mpa                                ¦                               ¦     ¦1! ¦             |              |    5     |                     
 ka~nka~w~a~mpa                                 ¦                               ¦ 1!  ¦   ¦             |              |    4     |                     
 ka~nkawampa                                    ¦              1!               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    1     |                     
 ka~nkaw~a~mpa                 1!               ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |              |    3     |                     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
                 Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid¦*Oral voicoid before coda nasal¦*NCV~¦*k~¦Max oral stop|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>w~a~mpata~nka                                  ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |      1       |    3     |                     
 wapa~ntaka                                     ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |      2!      |    1     |                     
 wapata~nka                                     ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |      2!      |    1     |                     
 w~a~mpataka                                    ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |      2!      |    2     |                     
 wapataka                                       ¦                               ¦     ¦   ¦             |      3!      |          |                     
 w~a~mpa~ntaka                                  ¦                               ¦ 1!  ¦   ¦             |      1       |    1     |                     
 wapa~nta~nka                                   ¦                               ¦ 1!  ¦   ¦             |      1       |    2     |                     
 w~a~mpa~nta~nka                                ¦                               ¦ 2!  ¦   ¦             |              |    4     |                     


3. Status of Proposed Constraints:  Necessary or Unnecessary

   *Nasalized                       Necessary
   Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid  Necessary
   *Oral voicoid before coda nasal  Necessary
   *NCV~                            Necessary
   *k~                              Necessary
   Max nasal stop                   Necessary
   Max oral stop                    Necessary
   Max(nasal) in vocoids            Not necessary (but included to show Faithfulness violations
                                       of a winning candidate)


4. Ranking Arguments, based on the Fusional Reduction Algorithm

This run sought to obtain the Skeletal Basis, intended to keep each final ranking argument as pithy as possible.



The final rankings obtained are as follows:

      Max oral stop >> *Nasalized
      *Nasalized >> Max(nasal) in vocoids
      Max nasal stop >> *Nasalized
      *NCV~ >> Max nasal stop
      *Oral voicoid before coda nasal >> *Nasalized
      Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid >> *Nasalized


5. Mini-Tableaux

The following small tableaux may be useful in presenting ranking arguments. 
They include all winner-rival comparisons in which there is just one 
winner-preferring constraint and at least one loser-preferring constraint.  
Constraints not violated by either candidate are omitted.


/a~/: 
    *Nasalized|Max(nasal) in vocoids
>a            |         1           
 a~     1     |                     


/amba/: 
       *Oral voicoid before coda nasal|*Nasalized
>a~mba                                |    1     
 amba                1                |          


/amba/: 
       Max oral stop|*Nasalized
>a~mba              |    1     
 ama        1       |          


/amba/: 
       Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>a~mba               |    1     
 aba         1       |          


/kawa-mpa/: 
            *Oral voicoid before coda nasal|*Nasalized
>ka~w~a~mpa                                |    3     
 kawa-mpa                 1                |          


/kawa-mpa/: 
            Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid|*Nasalized
>ka~w~a~mpa                                |    3     
 kawa~mpa                 1                |    1     


/kawa-mpa/: 
            Oral vocoid before nasal vocoid|*Nasalized
>ka~w~a~mpa                                |    3     
 kaw~a~mpa                1                |    2     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
               *NCV~|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>w~a~mpata~nka      |      1       |    3     
 wapa~nta~nka   1   |      1       |    2     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
               *NCV~|Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>w~a~mpata~nka      |      1       |    3     
 w~a~mpa~ntaka  1   |      1       |    1     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
               Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>w~a~mpata~nka       1       |    3     
 w~a~mpataka         2       |    2     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
               Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>w~a~mpata~nka       1       |    3     
 wapa~ntaka          2       |    1     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
               Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>w~a~mpata~nka       1       |    3     
 wapata~nka          2       |    1     


/wampa-nta-nka/: 
               Max nasal stop|*Nasalized
>w~a~mpata~nka       1       |    3     
 wapataka            3       |          

