Harmonic Phonology

本项目关注和声音系理论的发展，并提出了一种基于松散连接原则的数学实现，用于实现系统中的某些规则。谐音音系学的目标是详细阐述一个音系系统，其中一个中心作用是给出一个概括，即音系规则始终如一地用于增加音系表征与一般格式良好的条件或音系策略的一致性。研究者将研究世界各地的一系列语言，并表明它们的语音过程始终如一地在三个不同的语音水平之一上增加其表征的良好形式。这种观点与音系学的观点是一致的，音系学是一个寻求最大约束满足的系统，这种观点允许以以前从未尝试过的方式进行计算实现。

ABSTRACT This project concerns the development of the theory of harmonic phonology, and proposes a mathematical implementation based loosely on connectionist principles for the implementation of certain rules in the system. The goal of harmonic phonology is to elaborate an account of phonological systems in which a central role is given to the generalization that phonological rules consistently serve to increase the conformity of phonological representations to general well-formedness conditions, or phonotactics. The investigator will study a range of languages throughout the world, and show that their phonological processes consistently serve to increase the well-formedness of their representations on one of three distinct phonological levels. Such a view is compatible with a view of phonology as a system seeking maximal constraint-satisfaction, a view that allows for computational implementation in ways that have not been attempted before.