Abstract
Abstract Phonological generalizations are finite-state. While Optimality Theory is a popular framework for modeling phonology, it is known to generate non-finite-state mappings and languages. This paper demonstrates that Optimality Theory is capable of generating non-context-free languages, contributing to the characterization of its generative capacity. This is achieved with minimal modification to the theory as it is standardly employed.- Anthology ID:
- 2021.tacl-1.32
- Volume:
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Volume 9
- Month:
- Year:
- 2021
- Address:
- Cambridge, MA
- Venue:
- TACL
- SIG:
- Publisher:
- MIT Press
- Note:
- Pages:
- 528–537
- Language:
- URL:
- https://aclanthology.org/2021.tacl-1.32
- DOI:
- 10.1162/tacl_a_00382
- Cite (ACL):
- Andrew Lamont. 2021. Optimizing over subsequences generates context-sensitive languages. Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 9:528–537.
- Cite (Informal):
- Optimizing over subsequences generates context-sensitive languages (Lamont, TACL 2021)
- PDF:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/ingestion-script-update/2021.tacl-1.32.pdf