AbstractSuppletive allomorphs may be conditioned based on their phonological environment. When the allomorphy distribution is phonologically natural, this has motivated theoretical models supporting phonologically-optimizing suppletive allomorphy (POSA), whereby the phonological grammar selects the suppletive allomorph whose output is least marked. This paper re-examines four cases argued to support POSA in Irish, Tiene, Katu, and Konni, and for each provides counter-arguments against this position. In contrast to POSA, I assert that the most straightforward analysis is to formalize the conditioning phonological environment via subcategorization frames, and that the burden of proof falls on proponents of POSA to show otherwise. Subcategorization correctly predicts that subcategorized phonological material is the only phonological material which suppletion can be sensitive to. [An appendix is provided which argues against POSA in another language, Udihe, and instead posits a single underlying form with gradient representations.]

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反对爱尔兰语、Tiene、Katu 和 Konni 的语音优化辅助同形异形（POSA）

摘要补充的同种异形体可能会根据它们的语音环境而受到制约。当同形异形分布在语音上是自然的时，这激发了支持语音优化辅助同形异形（POSA）的理论模型，由此语音语法选择输出标记最少的辅助同形异形。本文重新审视了爱尔兰、Tiene、Katu 和 Konni 支持 POSA 的四个案例，并为每个案例提供了反对这一立场的反驳论据。与 POSA 相比，我断言最直接的分析是通过子分类框架将条件语音环境形式化，并且证明的责任落在 POSA 的支持者身上，以证明并非如此。子分类正确地预测了子分类的语音材料是补充可以敏感的唯一语音材料。[提供了一个附录，它反对另一种语言 Udihe 的 POSA，而是提出了一个具有梯度表示的单一基础形式。]