Tone Association and Output Locality in Non-Linear Structures

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ID19572902
AuthorsNate Koser (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Chris Oakden (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Adam Jardine (0000-0001-9436-8014, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights)
Year2019
Volume7
Publication date2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2377-3324 • E-ISSN: 2377-3324
PublisherLinguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3765/amp.v7i0.4476
OpenAlexW2949011782
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

This paper offers a computational characterization of tone-to-TBU association processes using a restricted least-fixed point logic. Crucially, least fixed point logics allow recursive definitions which capture output-oriented processes. The added requirement that these definitions are quantifier-free ensures that they are inherently local, a restriction that is well-motivated for phonological processes in general. The typology developed here distinguishes between possible and impossible tone mappings, capturing a wider range of attested tone mappings (left-to-right, right-to-left, edge-in, quality-sensitive) than previous rule-based or optimization approaches, while also explaining why certain unattested mapping patterns (for example center-out association) are impossible. This thus represents a strong first approximation of a definition for output-based local functions over non-linear structures

Algorithm · Dynamic range · Fixed point · Linguistics · Locality · Mathematical analysis · Tone mapping · Blind Source Separation Techniques · Computer Science · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence · Theoretical Computer Science

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