Research Catalog

Title

Computational phonology : a constraint-based approach / by Steven Bird.

Author

Bird, Steven.

Publication

Cambridge, CB ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Description

xv, 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in natural language processing

Uniform Title

Studies in natural language processing.

Subjects

• Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology > Data processing
• Computational linguistics
• Constraints (Artificial intelligence)
• Language and logic

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction. 1.1. Introduction to phonology. 1.2. The formal adequacy of autosegmental notation. 1.3. Computational phonology. 1.4. Constraint-based phonology. 1.5. The history of constraints in phonology -- 2. A logical foundation for phonology. 2.1. Sorts. 2.2. Hierarchical organisation. 2.3. Temporal organisation. 2.4. The interaction of hierarchical and temporal structure. 2.5. Temporal feature logic. 2.6. Phonological rules -- 3. A critique of destructive processes. 3.1. Conditions on alternations. 3.2. Deletion as alternation with zero. 3.3. Deletion as a phonetic process. 3.4. Resyllabification. 3.5. Feature changing harmony -- 4. A theory of segmental structure. 4.1. The evidence for hierarchical organisation. 4.2. An articulatory model. 4.3. Formalising the theory -- 5. Implementation. 5.1. Model building. 5.2. Internal representation. 5.3. Prolog/C interface -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix: Logical extensions.

ISBN

0521474965

LCCN

94030865

OCLC

• 30971949
• ocm30971949

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Columbia University Libraries