Jesney, Karen & Tessier, Anne-Michelle (2008). Gradual Learning and Faithfulness: Consequences of Ranked vs. Weighted Constraints. Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society, NELS 38 Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3PC308T
DescriptionThis paper investigates a class of stages in L1 phonological acquisition where children faithfully produce marked structures only in privileged positions. We present one such stage, referred here to here as an Intermediate Faith (IF) stage, using data from the acquisition of Hebrew reported by Bat-El (2007). The privileged domain in this case is defined morphologically (noun vs. non-noun). We then show how a gradual, on-line learner using weighted constraints as in Harmonic Grammar naturally passes through IF stages, which we model as gang effects between general and specific Faithfulness constraints. Finally, we compare the performance of a ranked constraint learner to that of the HG system developed here.
NoteThe definitive version of this paper was published in NELS 38: Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society (2008) and is available at https://www.createspace.com/3390689
GenreConference Paper or Lecture, Accepted Manuscript (AM)
Data Life Cycle Event(s) Type: Citation Date: 2008 Name: Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society Reference: https://www.createspace.com/3390689
CollectionRutgers Optimality Archive
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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