Phonological typology in Optimality Theory and Formal Language Theory
Goals and future directions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20399756 |
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| Authors | Joe Pater (0000-0002-4784-3799, University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 351-353 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phonology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-6757 • E-ISSN: 1469-8188 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0952675719000162 |
| OpenAlex | W2946182353 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Much recent work has studied phonological typology in terms of Formal Language Theory (e.g. the Chomsky hierarchy). This paper considers whether Optimality Theory grammars might be constrained to generate only regular languages, and also whether the tools of formal language theory might be used for constructing phonological theories similar to those within Optimality Theory. It offers reasons to be optimistic about the first possibility, and sceptical about the second
Chomsky hierarchy · Economics · Epistemology · Formal grammar · Formal language · Hierarchy · Linguistic typology · Linguistics · Optimality theory · Phonology · Programming language · Rule-based machine translation · Skepticism · Sociology · Theory · Typology · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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