Constraining the Learning Path without Constraints, or The Ocp and NoBanana 1
Charles Reiss · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2008
This chapter argue that wellformedness constraints are inappropriate computational devices for modeling grammar. It develops a purely derivational theory with minimal theoretical apparatus and no filters or wellformedness constraints. The conceptual arguments will be bolstered by reference to recent work developing alternative approaches to phonological computation from constraint-based ones. The author also makes concrete proposals concerning the nature of phonological acquisition. The idea is to constrain the acquisition task without recourse to innate constraints.