Lexically conditioned variation in Harmonic Grammar
Lexically conditioned variation in Harmonic Grammar
Lexically conditioned variation in Harmonic Grammar
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Boersma’s (1997 et seq.) theory of <strong>variation</strong>:<br />
(13) Noisy evaluation<br />
Each time the grammar is used to evaluate a<br />
candidate set, add a Gaussian random variable Nk to<br />
each constra<strong>in</strong>t weight wk<br />
Applied to e-deletion (post-noise values <strong>in</strong> parentheses)<br />
(14)<br />
sәmɛn<br />
*[ә]<br />
1<br />
(1.1)<br />
MAX<br />
1<br />
(0.9)<br />
sәmɛn<br />
*[ә]<br />
1<br />
(0.9)<br />
MAX<br />
1<br />
(1.1)<br />
sәmɛn –1 –1.1 sәmɛn –1 –0.9<br />
smɛn –1 –0.9 smɛn –1 –1.1<br />
(see Andreassen’s 2004 similar ‘float<strong>in</strong>g constra<strong>in</strong>t’ analysis of French schwa)
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