******Application of Low Faithfulness Constraint Demotion******
Turkish Vowel Simulation
******Now doing Stratum #1******
Avoid Preference For Losers:
*round is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[i i] for /u u/.
AlignR is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[i i] for /u e/.
*o is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[i i] for /o u/.
Favor Markedness:
AlignL is a Markedness constraint that favors no losers, joins new stratum.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (newly ranked): AlignL
Markedness constraints still unranked:
AlignR
*o
*round
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
Id(rd)
Id(rd)/Init
Id(hi)
******Now doing Stratum #2******
Avoid Preference For Losers:
*round is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[i i] for /u u/.
AlignR is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[i i] for /u e/.
*o is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[i i] for /o u/.
Favor Markedness:
There are no rankable Markedness constraints.
Favor Activeness:
Id(rd) is shown to be active by ruling out *[i i] for /u u/.
Id(rd)/Init is shown to be active by ruling out *[i i] for /u u/.
Id(hi) is shown to be active by ruling out *[i e] for /u u/.
All unranked Faithfulness constraints are active.
Favor Specificity:
Id(rd) is excluded from stratum because Id(rd)/Init is more specific.
Favor Autonomy:
Id(rd)/Init is assigned 0 helpers, based on /u u/ -/-> *[i i].
Id(hi) is assigned 0 helpers, based on /o u/ -/-> *[u u].
Lowest number of helpers: 0
Constraint Id(rd)/Init joins the current stratum, having 0 helpers.
Constraint Id(hi) joins the current stratum, having 0 helpers.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): AlignL
Stratum 2 (newly ranked): Id(rd)/Init
Id(hi)
Markedness constraints still unranked:
AlignR
*o
*round
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
Id(rd)
******Now doing Stratum #3******
Avoid Preference For Losers:
*round is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[u i] for /u u/.
AlignR is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[u o] for /u e/.
Favor Markedness:
*o is a Markedness constraint that favors no losers, joins new stratum.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): AlignL
Stratum 2 (already ranked): Id(rd)/Init
Id(hi)
Stratum 3 (newly ranked): *o
Markedness constraints still unranked:
AlignR
*round
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
Id(rd)
******Now doing Stratum #4******
Avoid Preference For Losers:
*round is excluded from stratum; prefers loser *[u i] for /u u/.
Favor Markedness:
AlignR is a Markedness constraint that favors no losers, joins new stratum.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): AlignL
Stratum 2 (already ranked): Id(rd)/Init
Id(hi)
Stratum 3 (already ranked): *o
Stratum 4 (newly ranked): AlignR
Markedness constraints still unranked:
*round
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
Id(rd)
******Now doing Stratum #5******
Avoid Preference For Losers:
Search found no unranked constraints that prefer losers.
Favor Markedness:
*round is a Markedness constraint that favors no losers, joins new stratum.
Faithfulness constraints are excluded from stratum.
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): AlignL
Stratum 2 (already ranked): Id(rd)/Init
Id(hi)
Stratum 3 (already ranked): *o
Stratum 4 (already ranked): AlignR
Stratum 5 (newly ranked): *round
Markedness constraints still unranked:
(none)
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
Id(rd)
******Now doing Stratum #6******
Avoid Preference For Losers:
Search found no unranked constraints that prefer losers.
Favor Markedness:
There are no rankable Markedness constraints.
Favor Activeness:
Only remaining rankable constraints are inactive Faithfulness constraints.
All join current stratum:
Id(rd)
Results so far:
Stratum 1 (already ranked): AlignL
Stratum 2 (already ranked): Id(rd)/Init
Id(hi)
Stratum 3 (already ranked): *o
Stratum 4 (already ranked): AlignR
Stratum 5 (already ranked): *round
Stratum 6 (newly ranked): Id(rd)
Markedness constraints still unranked:
(none)
Faithfulness constraints still unranked:
(none)
Ranking is complete and yields successful grammar.
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