Phonemes have variant pronunciations depending on context. For instance, in American English, the [t] pat [pæt] and [d] pad [pæd] are both realized with a tap [ɾ] when –ing suffix is attached, [pæɾɪŋ]. We show that despite greater distributional acoustic support for [t]-tap alternation, 12-month-olds successfully relate taps to stems perceptually-similar final [d], not dissimilar final-[t]. Thu...

This paper presents a comparison of two designs for implementing argument frame information on verbs. In the first design, alternating verbs will be represented with one lexical entry pr. possible argument frame. In the other design, each verb form will be associated with only one lexical entry containing a packed representation of the possible argument frames. The first design represents how v...