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Emergent Typological Effects Of Agent-Based Learning Models In Maximum Entropy Grammar, Coral Hughto
Emergent Typological Effects Of Agent-Based Learning Models In Maximum Entropy Grammar, Coral Hughto
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation shows how a theory of grammatical representations and a theory of learning can be combined to generate gradient typological predictions in phonology, predicting not only which patterns are expected to exist, but also their relative frequencies: patterns which are learned more easily are predicted to be more typologically frequent than those which are more difficult. In Chapter 1 I motivate and describe the specific implementation of this methodology in this dissertation. Maximum Entropy grammar (Goldwater & Johnson 2003) is combined with two agent-based learning models, the iterated and the interactive learning model, each of which mimics a type …
Reduplication As Evidence For The Geometry Of Tone, Laura J. Walsh
Reduplication As Evidence For The Geometry Of Tone, Laura J. Walsh
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Infixing And Moraic Circumscription, Suzanne C. Urbanczyk
Infixing And Moraic Circumscription, Suzanne C. Urbanczyk
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Syllable Structure And Syllabification In Yapese, Rachel Thorburn
Syllable Structure And Syllabification In Yapese, Rachel Thorburn
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
English Compensatory Lengthening, Tim D. Sherer
English Compensatory Lengthening, Tim D. Sherer
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
The Syllable Structure Of Tamil Nouns, Amy J. Schafer
The Syllable Structure Of Tamil Nouns, Amy J. Schafer
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Cyclic Effects On Prosodic Voicing Assimilation, Jeffrey Runner
Cyclic Effects On Prosodic Voicing Assimilation, Jeffrey Runner
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Unifying Four Phonological Process Of Prenasalized Stop Formation, Sam Rosenthall
Unifying Four Phonological Process Of Prenasalized Stop Formation, Sam Rosenthall
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Positionally Determined [Atr] Vowel Harmony In Wolof, Bernhard Rohrbacher
Positionally Determined [Atr] Vowel Harmony In Wolof, Bernhard Rohrbacher
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
A Case Of Surface Constraint Violation, John J. Mccarthy
A Case Of Surface Constraint Violation, John J. Mccarthy
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Size, Structure, And Markedness In Phonological Inventories, John Kingston
Size, Structure, And Markedness In Phonological Inventories, John Kingston
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
The Feature Geometry Of Coronal Subplaces, Amalia E. Gnanadesikan
The Feature Geometry Of Coronal Subplaces, Amalia E. Gnanadesikan
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Feature Organization And The Strong Domain Hypothesis In Zulu [Labial] Phonology, Jill N. Beckman
Feature Organization And The Strong Domain Hypothesis In Zulu [Labial] Phonology, Jill N. Beckman
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Tim D. Sherer
Front Matter, Tim D. Sherer
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
The Segments And Skeleton In Chinese, Tong Shen
The Segments And Skeleton In Chinese, Tong Shen
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
A Two-Root Theory Of Length, Elisabeth Selkirk
A Two-Root Theory Of Length, Elisabeth Selkirk
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
The Representation Of Kabardian Harmonic Clusters, Jaye Padgett
The Representation Of Kabardian Harmonic Clusters, Jaye Padgett
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Syllabification, Compensatory Lengthening And Epenthesis In Irish, Máire Ní Chiosáin
Syllabification, Compensatory Lengthening And Epenthesis In Irish, Máire Ní Chiosáin
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Tone And Accent In Carrier, Joyce Mcdonough
Tone And Accent In Carrier, Joyce Mcdonough
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Semitic Gutturals And Distinctive Feature Theory, John J. Mccarthy
Semitic Gutturals And Distinctive Feature Theory, John J. Mccarthy
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Æ Tensing In Lexical Phonology, Elaine Dunlap
Æ Tensing In Lexical Phonology, Elaine Dunlap
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Elaine Dunlap, Jaye Padgett
Front Matter, Elaine Dunlap, Jaye Padgett
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
Metathesis And Old English Phonology, Samuel Jay Keyser
Metathesis And Old English Phonology, Samuel Jay Keyser
University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics
No abstract provided.
The Production And Perception Of Subject Focus Prosody In L2 Spanish, Covadonga Sanchez
The Production And Perception Of Subject Focus Prosody In L2 Spanish, Covadonga Sanchez
Doctoral Dissertations
New information can be introduced in discourse through different strategies, including syntactic and prosodic ones. This project provides an account of the syntactic and intonational strategies used for focus-marking in Peninsular Spanish, Mainstream American English and L2 Spanish using parallel experimental designs and a unitary method of analysis within the Autosegmental-Metrical framework for the study of intonation. It provides a comprehensive description of specific phonological categories and their phonetic implementation not only in monolingual speech, but also as they develop in the L2 grammar of Spanish learners with different experiences with the target language, following the premises of the L2 …
Optimal Linearization: Prosodic Displacement In Khoekhoegowab And Beyond, Leland Kusmer
Optimal Linearization: Prosodic Displacement In Khoekhoegowab And Beyond, Leland Kusmer
Doctoral Dissertations
Understanding the relationship between syntactic structures and linear strings is a challenge for modern syntactic theories. The most complete and widely accepted models — namely, the Headedness Parameter and the Linear Correspondence Axiom (Kayne, 1994) — each capture aspects of this relationship, but are either too permissive or two restrictive: A Headedness Parameter relativized to individual categories permits nearly any linear order which keeps phrases contiguous, even those that violate the Final-Over-Final Constraint (Sheehan et al. 2017); by contrast, the Linear Correspondence Axiom is well-known for ruling out head-final configurations generally. Subsequent models of linearization have typically been modifications of …