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  <Title>Directional Constraint Evaluation in Optimality Theory*</Title>
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4 Conclusions
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    <Paragraph position="0"> This t)atmr has 1)rol)oscd anc, w notion in OT: &amp;quot;dirccl;ional ev;fluation,&amp;quot; where UlM(;rlying locations ~Lr(', sl;rictly rmlk('xt t)y I, hcir ilnporl,mm(;.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Tra(lil;ionld finitc-stnt(; OT constraints lu~vc enough power to compare arbitrarily \]figh (:(rants; Oen('.ralizcd Aligmncnt is even worse.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> Dirct,l;ion~fl constraints SC(}lll I;O cD~\])|;llr( ~, |;\]1(I pros of these consla'ainl;s: |;hey al)prot)riately milil;~tl;e a,g~finsl; cvc, ry instan(:(', of a disfavored configured;ion in a (:andid~l;c forln, no ln~d;l;cr how many, and they naturally (:at)t;ur(', il;erativc and (',(lgt;most ellbx:ts. Y(;t they do not hnve the ex(:(',ss power: w(', ha,vc, showl~ l;ha, l; iH~ g~r}~liml{rr o\[' (tirc(:tional and/or 1)omMed (:onstrainl;s can 1)e COml)iled into n tinitc-sl;~m', t\]'~msduc(;r. '.l?h;~t is both empirically and ('Oml)ut~tion~dly dcsir;fl)h;.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> The most ohvious ful;m'e work comes t'rOlll linguistics. Can dir(;cl;ionnl constraints do MI l;h('.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="4"> work of mfl)ounded and CA cons\]mints? Itow do they change the style, of mlalysis'? (E.g., directional versions of markedness consl;rai\]lts pin down the locations of mm:kcd ol)jc,('ts, leaving lower-ranked constr~fints no s~G.) \]?in~flly, directional (:onstrainl;s ca, n t)c, vm'iously formul~t('xt (is *CLUSTEll, offended at tim start; or (rod of each duster? or of its enclosing sy\]\]{fl)le?). St) what conventions or restrictions shoukt apply?</Paragraph>
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