Learning in Harmonic Serialism and the necessity of a richer base*

Learning serial constraint-based grammars

In this paper we describe a method for learning grammars in the general framework of Harmonic Serialism (see McCarthy this volume for references and an introduction). We have two main goals. The first is to address the hidden structure problem that serial derivations introduce. The second is to address the problem of learning variation, which has yet to be confronted in this framework (see also...

Harmonic Serialism and Finite-State Optimality Theory

This paper presents a new finite-state model of Optimality Theory (OT). In this model, two assumptions are imposed on the OT framework. Firstly, I adopt the Harmonic Serialism version of OT, in which output forms are derived from input forms via a series of incremental changes. Secondly, constraints are assumed to be strictly local in the sense that each markedness constraint specifies a set of...

Length and voicing in Friulian and Milanese Or why rule-free derivations are needed

This paper claims that phonology should express the relationship between vowel length and obstruent voicing operationally rather than in parallel. The empirical focus in on Friulian and Milanese. The distribution of vowel length in Friulian is predictable from the underlying laryngeal specification of obstruents. Stressed vowels are long before underlyingly voiced word-final obstruents although...

An Introduction to Harmonic Serialism

Designing the Model of Student Support System in the Virtual Learning Environment: A Necessity in the Face of the Corona Crisis

Introduction: Process of e-learning in universities because of coronavirus (Covid-19)  outbreak was developed. Since the success of students in this type of education requires appropriate and effective support,  the present study has been done  to develop a model of support system  in virtual  learning environment in medical universities. Methods: This  is an applied  qualitative research. To d...