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ROA 694-1104

Stochastic OT as a model of constraint interaction

Elena Maslova <maslova at jps.net>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=694


Abstract:
The paper examines the general properties of StOT grammars
viewed as parametric statistical models and shows how the
knowledge of these properties facilitates all StOT-related
computations. On the basis of these results, the paper addresses
the problem of typological predictions of StOT grammars
and shows that they can but need not be determined by the
specific properties of the StOT mechanism of constraint
interaction, depending on the configuration of constraint
sets. Finally, the paper establishes a minimal condition
that must be satisfied by a constraint set for its typological
predictions to be StOT-specific and the corresponding criterion
of linguistic plausibility of the StOT mechanism of constraint
interaction.

Comments: 
Keywords: Stochastic OT, statistics, typological predictions
Areas: Formal Analysis
Type: Manuscript

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=694