{"id":18386,"date":"2026-11-02T06:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/?p=18386"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:50:09","slug":"phonology-circle-bingzi-yu-mit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2026\/11\/02\/phonology-circle-bingzi-yu-mit\/","title":{"rendered":"Phonology Circle 11\/2 - Bingzi Yu (MIT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Bingzi Yu (MIT)<br clear='none'\/>\n<strong>Title:<\/strong> Which combinations of rule interactions are possible?<br clear='none'\/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> Monday, November 2, 5pm-6:30pm<br clear='none'\/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> 32-D831<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will discuss a prediction inspired by Kim&#8217;s (2024) Realized-Input account of phonological opacity. Consider a language with the following three processes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Palatalization<\/em>: t \u2192 t\u0283 \/ _i<\/li>\n<li><em>Raising<\/em>: e \u2192 i \/ [-stress]<\/li>\n<li><em>Epenthesis<\/em>: \u2205 \u2192 i \/ C_C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In principle, both <em>Raising<\/em> and <em>Epenthesis<\/em> can create the context for <em>Palatalization<\/em>. In a rule-based framework, depending on the order of application, each rule can feed (yielding [t\u0283i]) or counterfeed <em>Palatalization<\/em> (yielding [ti]). This permits four combinations: both feed <em>Palatalization<\/em>, both counterfeed it, or one feeds it while the other counterfeeds it. However, are all four combinations attested? I predict that <em>Raising<\/em> and <em>Epenthesis<\/em> should interact with <em>Palatalization<\/em> in the same way, if all three rules apply within the same phonological domain: either both rules feed <em>Palatalization<\/em> or both rules counterfeed it. I will develop this prediction using the analysis in Kim (2024) and examine preliminary supporting evidence from S\u00e3o Paulo Brazilian Portuguese and perhaps a few other languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Bingzi Yu (MIT) Title: Which combinations of rule interactions are possible? Time: Monday, November 2, 5pm-6:30pm Location: 32-D831 Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss a prediction inspired by Kim&#8217;s (2024) Realized-Input account of phonological opacity. Consider a language with the following three processes: Palatalization: t \u2192 t\u0283 \/ _i Raising: e \u2192 i [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18390,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18386\/revisions\/18390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}