This study is intended to explain consonant assimilation by the Optimality Theory. I propose syllable contact constraints and ranking for alternation over a syllable boundary. Because ranking of constraints is basis on the syllable, I have considered ...
This study is intended to explain consonant assimilation by the Optimality Theory. I propose syllable contact constraints and ranking for alternation over a syllable boundary. Because ranking of constraints is basis on the syllable, I have considered constraints of syllable structure for alternation within a syllable. In this thesis, I propose ranking and set of syllable contact constraints. And then I explain manner and place assimilation orderly. As a result, this is the ranking of syllable contact constraints in Korean.