Open AccessAccounting for underlying forms in HPSG phonology
Author(s) -
Filip Skwarski
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2009.16
Subject(s) - phonology , representation (politics) , head driven phrase structure grammar , computer science , linguistics , optimality theory , phonological rule , theoretical linguistics , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , generative grammar , philosophy , political science , politics , law
The paper aims to present approach to HPSG phonology which would account for underlying forms ofphonemes. It shows some of the issues arising in monostratal analyses of phonology, and proposes asolution based on a notion of underlying representations. The approach presented, partly inspired byOptimality Theory, resolves cases of neutralisation and opacity by formulating constraints whicheither restrict the surface representation or relate it to the underlying form.