TR-2011-03
Vowel Harmony, Opacity, and Finite-State OT
Samuel R. Bowman. 22 July, 2011.
Communicated by John Goldsmith.
Abstract
In this paper I propose cyclic and stratal extensions to Finite-State Optimality Theory as treatments for vowel harmony and for opaque phenomena more generally. I develop a model of grammar and an accompanying set of constraints within a software model built on the open-source PyPhon toolkit---a computational implementation of OT's Gen and Eval algorithms.
Original Document
The original document is available in PDF (uploaded 22 July, 2011 by
John Goldsmith).
