On the Realization of the English Regular Plural Suffix -s and Possessive Clitic ’s: A Realization Optimality Theoretic Perspective
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This paper studies the distributional patterns of the English regular plural suffix and possessive clitic in the light of Realization Optimality Theory. Considering the realization of the plural suffix, on the one hand, I claim that the constraint ranking ALIGN-PLURAL-HEAD⟫ALIGN-PLURAL- NOUNPHRASE ensures that if there is a head noun, the plural suffix attaches to it; otherwise, it appears after the entire noun phrase. On the other hand, the possessive clitic always attaches to the last word of the possessive noun phrase due to the unviolated constraint ALIGN-POSS- NPPOSS. In addition, I also show that the coalescence of the regular plural suffix and the possessive clitic can be accounted for straightforwardly by ranking *FEATURE COALESCENCE lower than the relevant alignment constraints. Finally, I assert that the scope constraint governing affix order should be defined negatively rather than positively.
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This paper studies the distributional patterns of the English regular plural suffix and possessive clitic in the light of Realization Optimality Theory. Considering the realization of the plural suffix, on the one hand, I claim that the constraint ranking ALIGN-PLURAL-HEAD⟫ALIGN-PLURAL- NOUNPHRASE ensures that if there is a head noun, the plural suffix attaches to it; otherwise, it appears after the entire noun phrase. On the other hand, the possessive clitic always attaches to the last word of the possessive noun phrase due to the unviolated constraint ALIGN-POSS- NPPOSS. In addition, I also show that the coalescence of the regular plural suffix and the possessive clitic can be accounted for straightforwardly by ranking *FEATURE COALESCENCE lower than the relevant alignment constraints. Finally, I assert that the scope constraint governing affix order should be defined negatively rather than positively.
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