Learning phonology with substantive bias: An experimental and computational study of velar palatalization

Cognitive Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 945-982

  Wilson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional random field; Inductive bias; Language game; Phonetics; Phonology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845198354     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_89     Document Type: Article

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