Directional Constraint Evaluation Solves the Problem of Ties in Harmonic Serialism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10719320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Lamont (0000-0002-8395-2212, Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3892 • E-ISSN: 1530-9150 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/ling_a_00417 |
| OpenAlex | W3110967506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This squib examines the problem of tied candidates in Harmonic Serialism and presents directional constraint evaluation as a solution. Under standard evaluation, constraints report how many loci of violation a candidate contains and, as a result, cannot differentiate two candidates with equal numbers of violations. Under directional evaluation, constraints report where loci of violation occur and are thus able to distinguish candidates with distinct loci of violation. Alternative tie-breaking mechanisms either fail to solve ties in general or introduce unwanted typological predictions
Acoustics · Constraint (computer-aided design) · Geometry · Harmonic · Linguistics · Optimality theory · Phonology · Physics · Authorship Attribution and Profiling · Computer Science · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |