In this paper, I will introduce the characteristics of OT-CC, a new version of Optimality Theory(McCarthy 2006) and then discuss the merits and perspectives of this new proposal. To this end, I will first compare the outline of OT-CC with that of the ...
In this paper, I will introduce the characteristics of OT-CC, a new version of Optimality Theory(McCarthy 2006) and then discuss the merits and perspectives of this new proposal. To this end, I will first compare the outline of OT-CC with that of the "classic" OT (Prince & Smolensky 1993, McCarthy & Prince 1995, Benua 1997, etc.). I will then show the merits of OT-CC in analyzing of several long-standing problems, such as impossible mapping and opacity. Here, it will be shown how we incorporate the derivational steps (such as candidate chains) into the framework of Optimality Theory. Finally, I will discuss the possible perspectives of this theory in comparison with other versions of OT, such as Derivational OT (Rubach 2000a, b, 2003a, b) and a cyclic version of OT (Ahn 2006a,b).