@article{Komen2009,
  author    = {Komen, Erwin R.},
  title     = {Branching constraints},
  series = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  journal   = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  number    = {28},
  issn      = {1616-7392},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32273},
  pages     = {157 -- 186},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {Rejecting approaches with a directionality parameter, mainstream minimalism has adopted the notion of strict (or unidirectional) branching. Within optimality theory however, constraints have recently been proposed that presuppose that the branching direction scheme is language specific. I show that a syntactic analysis of Chechen word order and relative clauses using strict branching and movement triggered by feature checking seems very unlikely, whereas a directionality approach works well. I argue in favor of a mixed directionality approach for Chechen, where the branching direction scheme depends on the phrase type. This observation leads to the introduction of context variants of existing markedness constraints, in order to describe the branching processes in terms of optimality theory. The paper discusses how and where the optimality theory selection of the branching directions can be implemented within a minimalist derivation.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Nunes2009,
  author    = {Nunes, Jairo},
  title     = {Preposition insertion in the mapping from spell-out to PF},
  series = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  journal   = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  number    = {28},
  issn      = {1616-7392},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32262},
  pages     = {133 -- 156},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {This paper discusses three case studies on the realization of spurious prepositions and argues that they illustrate a general interaction of convergence requirements of the morphological component with an economy condition that enforces faithfulness between the lexical items present in the numeration and the lexical items present in the PF output.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Salzmann2009,
  author    = {Salzmann, Martin},
  title     = {Variation in resumption requires violable constraints},
  series = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  journal   = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  number    = {28},
  issn      = {1616-7392},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32251},
  pages     = {99 -- 132},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {Variation in dative resumption among and within Alemannic varieties of German strongly favors an Evaluator component that makes use of optimality-theoretic evaluation rather than filters as in the Minimalist Program (MP). At the same time, the variation is restricted to realizational requirements. This supports a model of syntax like the Derivations and Evaluations framework (Broekhuis 2008) that combines a restrictive MP-style Generator with an Evaluator that includes ranked violable (interface) constraints.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Schaden2009,
  author    = {Schaden, Gerhard},
  title     = {Say hello to markedness},
  series = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  journal   = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  number    = {28},
  issn      = {1616-7392},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32247},
  pages     = {73 -- 97},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {In this paper, it will be shown that Bi-directional Optimality Theory (BOT) runs into problems of undergeneration when confronted with a certain class of partial-blocking phenomena. The empirical problem used to illustrate this is the cross-linguistic variation of one-step past-referring tenses. It will be argued that the well-known 'present perfect puzzle' is a sub-problem of it. The solution to the cross-linguistic variation of these tenses involves blocking of the marked tense. The relevant notion of 'markedness', while underivable synchronically, is argued to be linked to diachronic learning processes similar to those investigated by Benz (2006).},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Woolford2009,
  author    = {Woolford, Ellen},
  title     = {Aspect splits and parasitic marking},
  series = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  journal   = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  number    = {28},
  issn      = {1616-7392},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32236},
  pages     = {39 -- 72},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {Aspect splits can affect agreement, Case, and even preposition insertion. This paper discusses the functional 'why' and the theoretical 'how' of aspect splits. Aspect splits are an economical way to mark aspect by preserving or suppressing some independent element in one aspect. In formal terms, they are produced in the same way as coda conditions in phonology, with positional/contextual faithfulness.This approach captures the additive effects of cross-cutting splits. Aspect splits are analyzed here from Hindi, Nepali, Yucatec Maya, Chontal, and Palauan.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Zeijlstra2009,
  author    = {Zeijlstra, Hedde},
  title     = {Hard and soft conditions on the faculty of language},
  series = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  journal   = {Linguistics in Potsdam},
  number    = {28},
  issn      = {1616-7392},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32221},
  pages     = {9 -- 38},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {In this paper I argue that both parametric variation and the alleged differences between languages in terms of their internal complexity straightforwardly follow from the Strongest Minimalist Thesis that takes the Faculty of Language (FL) to be an optimal solution to conditions that neighboring mental modules impose on it. In this paper I argue that hard conditions like legibility at the linguistic interfaces invoke simplicity metrices that, given that they stem from different mental modules, are not harmonious. I argue that widely attested expression strategies, such as agreement or movement, are a direct result of conflicting simplicity metrices, and that UG, perceived as a toolbox that shapes natural language, can be taken to consist of a limited number of markings strategies, all resulting from conflicting simplicity metrices. As such, the contents of UG follow from simplicity requirements, and therefore no longer necessitate linguistic principles, valued or unvalued, to be innately present. Finally, I show that the SMT does not require that languages themselves have to be optimal in connecting sound to meaning.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{OPUS4-2990,
  title     = {Optimality theory and minimalism : interface theories},
  editor    = {Broekhuis, Hans and Vogel, Ralf},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-61-4},
  issn      = {1616-7392 print},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27577},
  pages     = {212},
  year      = {2009},
  abstract  = {The papers contained in this issue share the insight that the different components of the grammar sometimes impose conflicting requirements on the grammar's output, and that, in order to handle such conflicts, it seems advantageous to combine aspects from minimalist and OT modelling. The papers show that this can be undertaken in a multiplicity of ways, by using varying proportions of each framework, and offer a broad range of perspectives for future research.},
  language  = {en}
}