The study of phonotactics is a central topic in phonology. We propose a theory of
phonotactic grammars and a learning algorithm that constructs such grammars from positive …

In this review, I assess a variety of constraint-based formal frameworks that can treat variable
phenomena, such as well-formedness intuitions, outputs in free variation, and lexical …

There is an active debate within the field of phonology concerning the cognitive status of
substantive phonetic factors such as ease of articulation and perceptual distinctiveness. A …

This dissertation identifies a strong computational property of phonological and
morphological processes with local triggers. It is shown that the input-output mapping that …

This chapter studies the nature of the typology of phonological markedness constraints and
the nature of the typology of the transformation from underlying to surface forms from a …

This extensive survey of consonant harmony in the world's languages reveals surprising
diversity in the featural dimensions involved, and uncovers new empirical generalizations …

This article shows that specific properties of long-distance phonotactic patterns derived from
consonantal harmony patterns (Hansson 2001, Rose and Walker 2004) follow from a …

Harmonic Grammar is a model of linguistic constraint interaction in which well-formedness is
calculated in terms of the sum of weighted constraint violations. We show how linear …

Computational phonology studies sound patterns in the world's languages from a
computational perspective. This article shows that the similarities between different …

In this article, we identify Strict Locality as a strong computational property of a certain class
of phonological maps from underlying to surface forms. We show that these maps can be …