Serialism and locality in constraint-based metrical parsing

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ID20399403
AuthorsKathryn Pruitt (0000-0003-2078-2946, University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume27
Issue3
Pages481-526
Publication date2010-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhonology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-6757 • E-ISSN: 1469-8188
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0952675710000229
OpenAlexW2095791270
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited27

This paper proposes a model of stress assignment in which metrical structure is built serially, one foot at a time, in a series of Optimality Theory (OT)-style evaluations. Iterative foot optimisation is made possible in the framework of Harmonic Serialism, which defines the path from an input to an output with a series of gradual changes in which each form improves harmony relative to a constraint ranking. Iterative foot optimisation makes the strong prediction that decisions about metrical structure are made locally, matching attested typology, while the standard theory of stress in parallel OT predicts in addition to local systems unattested stress systems with non-local interactions. The predictions of iterative foot optimisation and parallel OT are compared, focusing on the interactions of metrical parsing with syllable weight, vowel shortening and constraints on the edges of prosodic domains

Algorithm · Linguistics · Locality · Optimality theory · Parsing · Phonology · Speech recognition · Syllable · Vowel · Vowel harmony · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence

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