Results of Applying Recursive Constraint Demotion to JohoreMalay.txt


4-17-2019, 5:53 p.m.

OTSoft 2.5, release date 1/17/2017


1. Result

A ranking was found that generates the correct outputs.

   Stratum #1
      *P                                        *P
      *W                                        *W
      Id(nas) in voiced stops                   Id(nas) in voiced stops
   Stratum #2
      *[+nas][-cons -nas]                       *[+nas][-cons -nas]
   Stratum #3
      *A                                        *A

2. Tableaux


/ana/: 
     *P*WId(nas) in voiced stops|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anA                            |                   |1 
 AnA                            |                   |2!
 ana                            |        1!         |  
 Ana                            |        1!         |1 
 ada               1!           |                   |  


/anawa/: 
       *P*WId(nas) in voiced stops|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anAWA                            |                   |2 
 anAwa                            |        1!         |1 
 anAWa                            |        1!         |1 


/anapa/: 
       *P*WId(nas) in voiced stops|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anApa                            |                   |1 
 anapa                            |        1!         |  
 anAPA 1!                         |                   |2 


/A/: 
   *P*WId(nas) in voiced stops|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>a                            |                   |  
 A                            |                   |1!


/Ana/: 
     *P*WId(nas) in voiced stops|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anA                            |                   |1 
 AnA                            |                   |2!
 Ana                            |        1!         |1 


/aW/: 
    *P*WId(nas) in voiced stops|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>aw                            |        1          |1 
 aW   1!                       |                   |  


3. Status of Proposed Constraints:  Necessary or Unnecessary

   *A                       Necessary
   *W                       Necessary
   *[+nas][-cons -nas]      Necessary
   Id(nas) in voiced stops  Necessary
   *P                       Not necessary


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:

      Id(nas) in voiced stops >> *A
      *[+nas][-cons -nas] >> *A
      *W >> *[+nas][-cons -nas]


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.


/ana/: 
     *[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anA                    |1 
 ana         1          |  


/ana/: 
     Id(nas) in voiced stops|*A
>anA                        |1 
 ada           1            |  


/anawa/: 
       *[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anAWA                    |2 
 anAwa         1          |1 


/anawa/: 
       *[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anAWA                    |2 
 anAWa         1          |1 


/anapa/: 
       *[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>anApa                    |1 
 anapa         1          |  


/aW/: 
    *W|*[+nas][-cons -nas]|*A
>aw   |        1          |1 
 aW 1 |                   |  

