Abstract
The object of this paper is to investigate the prosodic system of Yukaghir from the perspective of Optimality Theory. The analysis reveals that the prosodic word in Yukaghir exhibits continuous left-to-right parsing into bimoraic monosyllabic feet. As a result, the surface occurrence of light monomoraic syllables is prohibited, and various strategies apply to fix the output. From a general point of view this article aims to show that a grammar may include a requirement for a foot to be aligned with both edges of the same syllable. When the constraints on foot structure play a critical role in determining the surface shape of the word, this requirement forces input-unfaithful heavy closed syllables.
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