On the role of variables in phonology: Remarks on Hayes and Wilson 2008

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-119

  Berent, Iris ^a   Wilson, Colin ^b   Marcus, Gary F ^c   Bemis, Douglas K ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic; Generalization; Hebrew phonology; Maxent; OCP; Variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855719856     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 15309150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/LING_a_00075     Document Type: Article

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