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So far we have analyzed palatalization in English by means of Optimality Theory with Candidate Chain(OT-CC), which is focused on the derivational history. First of all, classical Optimality Theory (OT) relates the input into the output directly, and is output-oriented and parallel one without any intermediate representation. Accordingly, it could not handle opacity, that is, counterfeeding or counterbleeding order, properly. OT-CC has well-formedness conditions of candidate chains which require faithful initiation, gradual divergency, and harmonic improvement. In addition, the opaque candidate wins against the transparent form by Precedence Constraint which sets up the violation order of faithfulness constraints. Thus, wrong candidates could be ruled out by these two devices. The case of ‘confession’ could be explained by PREC(ID[ant], MAX) ‘partiality’ by PREC(ID[ant], ID[glide]), ‘habitual’ by PREC(ID[dr], MAX) respectively. Therefore, derivational history is reflected on the candidate chains, .