[图书][B] Soft biases in phonology: Learnability meets grammar

CP O'Hara - 2021 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation investigates the soft typology of phonological patterns. By studying the
types of patterns observed in the world's languages, we can do more than determine what is …

Some formal implications of deletion saltation

JL Smith - Linguistic Inquiry, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
Two classes of saltation alternations (phonological derived-environment effects) are formally
distinct under Harmonic Grammar (HG), but formally equivalent under Optimality Theory (OT …

[PDF][PDF] Typological Asymmetries in Underapplication Opacity: A Gestural Account

C O'Hara, C Smith - 40th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, 2024 - lingref.com
A phonological process is characterized as a case of underapplication opacity when it fails
to apply when it seems it should have based on its structural description (McCarthy, 1999; …

[PDF][PDF] How Statistical Learning Impacts the Sound Patterns of the World's Languages

C O'Hara - charlieohara.github.io
• Each learning agent has a MaxEnt Harmonic Grammar.• Maxent assigns a probability to
input-output mappings (x→ y) based on a set of positive weights on a set of constraints …