Representation and the Computation of Long Distance Tone Processes

Authors

  • Tajudeen Mamadou Rutgers University
  • Adam Jardine Rutgers University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/amp.v8i0.4679

Keywords:

Tone, Long Distance Processes, Computation, Autosegmental Representations

Abstract

This paper shows how enhancing the representation, while fixing the logical power of computation, provides a better characterization of the computationally complex tone processes, the unbounded circumembient (UC) processes noted in Jardine (2016). Using Autosegmental Representations, we define tone-TBU associations as quantifier-free least fixed point transductions, which allow us to extend the notion of subsequentiality to the otherwise non subsequential UC processes. 

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Published

2020-05-02

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Supplemental Proceedings