Workshop on Computing and Phonology
A small workshop on computational aspects of phonology is held at the
University of Groningen (RUG), the Netherlands,
on December 8, 2006. The workshop is open to anyone, but we kindly ask you
to register not later than December 4.
Should you have any question, please feel free to contact Tamás Bíró at
birot @ nytud.hu
Location:
Harmony Building, H13.309 (Multimediazaal)
Oude Kijk in't Jatstraat 26, 9712 EK Groningen.
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Program:
| Chair: Dicky Gilbers |
| 9:30 | Opening: John Nerbonne |
| 9:40 | Tamas Biro (ACLC, Universiteit van Amsterdam): |
| Simulated Annealing for Optimality Theory: A performance model for phonology |
| View abstract |
| 10:20 | Bart Cramer and John Nerbonne (CLCG, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen): |
| Scaling Minimal Generalization |
| View abstract |
| 11:00 | Coffee |
Chair: Petra Hendriks |
|
11:30 | Gerhard Jäger (Universität Bielefeld): |
| Exemplar dynamics and George Price's General Theory of Selection |
| View abstract |
| 12:10 | Paul Boersma (ACLC, Universiteit van Amsterdam): |
| The emergence of markedness |
| In a parallel Optimality-Theoretic model with multiple levels (phonetic form, phonological form,
underlying form), the gradual acquisition of comprehension leads automatically to a ranking of
faithfulness constraints in comprehension according to cue reliability and frequency of occurrence. If
the speaker uses the same faithfulness constraint ranking in production, this leads to a correlation
between phonological activity on the one hand and cue reliability and frequency on the other.
Markedness, therefore, emerges as a result of an acquisition bias. Phonological theory therefore needs
neither innate markedness hierarchies, nor synchronically functionalist (i.e. teleological)
principles. Close abstract |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Chair: Gosse Bouma |
| 14:30 | Adam Albright (MIT, Cambridge, MA): |
| Modeling gradient phonotactic well-formedness as grammatical competence |
| View abstract |
| 15:30 | Closing and coffee |
Registration:
If you intend to participate in the workshop, please register before
December 4, in order to facilitate organisation.
Further information:
Information Science/Humanities Computing
Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG)
From Wilbert Heeringa's page:
A list of hotels in Groningen (please note that the prices are outdated).
Travel information
Thanks to Gerlof
Bouma for the design.