Constrained emergence of universals and variation in syllable systems

Language and Speech

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-56

  Redford, Melissa A ^a   Chun Chi Chen, Melissa A ^a   Mkkulainen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational; Differences; Emergent; Language; Model; Phonology; Syllable systems; Universals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035292183     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309010440010201     Document Type: Article

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