TR-2012-03
Typological consequences of candidate omission for weighted and ranked constraints in the {c,v} syllable structure model
Max Bane; Jason Riggle. 25 April, 2012.
Communicated by John Goldsmith.
Abstract
This technical report presents a case study of the generative
consequences of candidate omission in grammar formalisms based on
optimization over weighted or ranked constraints. Using a set of
constraints on the syllabification of vowel and consonant sequences,
we show that the omission of certain candidates has effects that go
well beyond the simple failure to generate the omitted forms.
Specifically, the omission of some candidates can, in some cases,
introduce spurious distinctions that interact with actual distinctions
(and other spurious ones) to yield a system that significantly
diverges from the set of patterns generated when all candidates are
considered.
Original Document
The original document is available in PDF (uploaded 25 April, 2012 by
John Goldsmith).
