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Formally–grounded phonology: From constraint–based theories to theory–based constraints

✍ Scribed by Joaquim Brandão De Carvalho

Book ID
108542595
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
606 KB
Volume
56
Category
Article
ISSN
0039-3193

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Formally–grounded phonology: From constraint–based theories to theory–based constraints
✍ Joaquim Brandão De Carvalho 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 606 KB

It is argued here that most phonological theory is not theoretical, but based on primitives and axioms (the so–called ‘constraints’) which derive directly from the data they are supposed to explain. This article attempts to show what a non–circular conception of phonological theory may look like. Th