Preface
PART I Preliminaries
1. Derivations or Constraints, or Derivations and Constraints?, Iggy Roca
2. Questions of Priorities: An Introduction to Optimality Theory in Phonology, Nicholas Sherrard
PART II Theoretical Investigations
3. The Contents of Phonological Status, Sylvain Bromberger and Morris Halle
4. Expressing Phonetic Naturalness in Phonology, Scott Myers
5. Gradient Retreat, Douglas Pulleyblank
PART III Empirical Studies
6. The Yokuts Challenge, Diana Archangeli and Keiichiro Suzuki
7. Rules in Optimality Theory: Two Case Studies, Juliette Blevins
8. Non-derivational Phonology Meets Lexical Phonology, Geert Booij
9. Berber Syllabification: Derivations or Constraints?, G. N. Clements
10. /r/ Hypercorrection and the Elsewhere Condition, Morris Halle and William Idsardi
11. Underlying Representations in Optimality Theory, Michael Hammond
12. Phonological Derivations and Historical Changes in Hebrew Spirantization, William Idsardi
13. Exceptions and Static Phonological Patterns, Sharon Inkelas, Orhan Orgun, and Cheryl Zoll
14. Correspondence and Compositionality: The Ga-gyo Variation in Japanese Phonology, Junko Itô and Armin Mester
15. Rhythmic Vowel Deletion in Optimality Theory, René Kager
16. Attic Greek Accentuation and Intermediate Derivational Representation, Rolf Noyer
17. Non-transparent Constraints and Intermediate Derivational Representations, Carole Paradis
18. Extrasyllabic Consonants in Polish: Derivational Optimality Theory, Jerzy Rubach
Index