Abstract: surprising result that two morphemes that are not adjacent in the template can occur in one order when separated by a third morpheme, but in the alternate order when adjacent.This follows from the constraint ranking P[/a/-/b/] > P[/b/-/c/] > Linear Correspondence > P[/a/-/c/].Consider an input with A taking scope over C and B taking scope over A. As the following tableau shows, the phonological output will be the one that completely complies with the /a/-/b/-/c/ template: