“…We propose an analysis in Directional Harmonic Serialism (Lamont 2022), wherein constraints are evaluated by directionality, i.e., where the violations occur, instead of the number of violated loci (2). Therefore, as shown in (2), (σ)σσσ is more optimal than σ(σσ)σ for PARSE(σ) ⇒ and σσσ(σ) more optimal than σ(σσ)σ for PARSE(σ) ⇐ .…”