Metrical Structure in Wakashan Phonology

Metrical phonology in HPSG

This paper proposes a new approach to the prosodysyntax interface inHPSG. Previous approaches to prosody in HPSG (Klein, 2000; Haji-Abdolhosseini, 2003) represent prosodic information by constructing metrical constituent structure in the tradition of (Selkirk, 1980; Liberman and Prince, 1977). One drawback of this approach is that it does not allow for a direct representation of purely metrical...

Evaluating Metrical Phonology - a Computational- Empirical Approach

This study aims at providing an empirical basis for the evaluation of predictions made by metrical phonology. The predictions are compared to perceptual syllable prominence annotated in a database of German read speech. An evaluation baseline was defined on the correlation between prominence ratings for different speakers. Then, different sets of rules for prominence prediction were tested and ...

What a Perceptron Reveals about Metrical Phonology

Metrical phonology is a relatively successful theory that attempts to explain stress systems in language. This paper discusses a perceptron model of stress, pointing out interesting parallels between certain aspects of the model and the constructs and predictions of metrical theory. The distribution of learning times obtained from perceptron experiments corresponds with theoretical predictions ...

Learning English Metrical Phonology: When Probability Distributions Are Not Enough

Language involves knowledge of multiple complex linguistic systems, such as phonology, morphology, and syntax. For each system, the process of acquisition requires children to discover the underlying components of that system, which native speakers use to generate the observable data. Theoretical research traditionally provides a description of the knowledge to be acquired, identifying what chi...

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