This paper describes experiments on learning Dutch phonotactic rules using Inductive Logic Programming, a machine learning discipline based on inductive logical operators. Two different ways of approaching the problem are experimented with, and compared against each other as well as with related work on the task. The results show a direct correspodence between the quality and informedness of th...

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Two questions regarding the non-local nature of long-distance agreement in consonantal harmony patterns (Hansson 2001, Rose and Walker 2004) are addressed: (1) How can such patterns be learned from surface forms alone? (2) How can we understand a a major feature of the typology—the absence of blocking effects? It is shown that a learner which generalizes only by making distinctions with respect...

(Title: Use of Acronyms in the Surabaya City Government). This study examines acronyms used by Government. There are several objectives to be achieved this research. The first is describe reasons why widely Government environment effect using for smooth communication environment. second patterns acronym formation third describes existing whether they accordance with Indonesian Phonotactic rules...

Is past tense production better modelled by a Single Mechanism or a Words and Rules model? We present data concerning a phenomenon that has not been considered by either model-regular past tense verbs with contrasting phonotactics. One set of verbs contains clusters at the inflected verb end that also occur in monomorphemic words ('monomorphemically legal clusters', MLC) whereas the other has c...

A core area of phonology is the study of phonotactics, or how sounds are linearly combined. Recent cross-linguistic analyses have shown that the phonology determines not only phonotactics but also the articulatory coordination or timing of adjacent sounds. In this article, I explore how the relation between coordination and phonotactics affects speakers producing nonnative sequences. Recent exp...

Spoken word recognition is achieved via competition between activated lexical candidates that match the incoming speech input. The competition is modulated by prelexical cues that are important for segmenting the auditory speech stream into linguistic units. One such prelexical cue that listeners rely on in spoken word recognition is phonotactics. Phonotactics defines possible combinations of p...

Knowledge of the phonotactics of a language is knowledge of the distinction between licit and illicit sounds and sound combinations. For instance, English speakers know that blik could be a licit English word while bnik could not, although both are unattested. In carefully controlled experimental conditions, nine-month-old infants already react differently to licit and illicit sound combination...