Hierarchical Inference in Sound Change: Words, Sounds, and Frequency of Use

Hierarchical Inference in Sound Change: Words, Sounds, and Frequency of Use

This paper aims examines the role of hierarchical inference in sound change. Through hierarchical inference, a language learner can distribute credit for a pronunciation between the intended phone and the larger units in which it is embedded, such as triphones, morphemes, words and larger syntactic...

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Main Author: Vsevolod Kapatsinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
hierarchical inference
sound change
lexical diffusion
frequency effects
usage-based phonology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.652664/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.652664/full

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