Computational efficiency in the syntax–phonology interface

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20344209
AutoresYoshihito Dobashi (Niigata University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen27
Número3
Fecha de publicación2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Linguistic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/tlir.2010.009
OpenAlexW2017127257
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas12

This paper discusses conceptual aspects of a Multiple Spell-Out theory of the syntax-phonology interface where a domain of spell-out is a prosodic domain. I claim that economy considerations, which have contributed to the development of syntactic and phonological studies of generative grammar, also contribute to the study of syntax-phonology mapping. I argue that computational efficiency should be formulated in an explicit manner so that it has empirical effects on the mapping. Specifically, I propose an efficiency condition, which makes the mapping computationally efficient by prohibiting a prosodic domain from being modified in the course of mapping. I show that the so-called restructuring of phonological phrases allegedly induced by syntactic branching not only violates the proposed condition but also has empirical problems, and that it should be analyzed purely phonologically, without considering syntactic factors

Generative grammar · Grammar · Linguistics · Minimalist program · Natural language processing · Optimality theory · Phonological rule · Phonology · Spell · Syntax · Theoretical linguistics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Speech and dialogue systems · Artificial Intelligence