Computational efficiency in the syntax–phonology interface

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20344209
AutoresYoshihito Dobashi (Niigata University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume27
Fascículo3
Data de publicação2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Linguistic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/tlir.2010.009
OpenAlexW2017127257
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências 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