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American Indian Seminar: ‘Go’ Fest

2122 Campbell Hall

Each quarter we have a Fest devoted to some linguistic topic. You're invited to bring in relevant data (from any language) to share, with a handout, to discuss for 5-15 minutes (depending on how many others participate). This quarter's fest is on the verb 'go', which surely is interesting in almost very language. But even...

Phonology Seminar: Bruce Hayes, “Allomorph discovery as a basis for learning alternations”

Hayes/Keating residence; Please contact Bruce if you need directions; bhayes@humnet.ucla.edu

UCLA/USC Joint Phonology Seminar I describe an implemented system for learning the allomorphs of morphemes. It inputs glossed paradigms and outputs the allomorphs of each morpheme. The system takes the form of a maxent grammar, with constraints preferring minimal alternation and segmental contiguity. Learning the allomorphs first greatly simplifies the learning of underlying forms: string...