Year: 2017
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Autosegmental mapping from disjoint strings of tones and tone-bearing units, a commonly used mechanism in phonological analyses of tone patterns, is shown to not be definable in monadic second-order logic.This is abnormally complex in comparison to other phonological mappings, which have been shown to be monadic second-order definable.In contrast, generation of autosegmental structures from strings is demonstrated to be first-order definable.
Source: Mathematics of Language
DOI: 10.18653/v1/w17-3403
Author: Adam Jardine
Institution: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2740906012