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Burton-Hunter, Sarah K. – 1975
Under the assumption that, with the exception of certain learned, retarded, and borrowed words, the bulk of any language undergoes sound changes that are regular over any given geographical area, over any given time span, and in any given sound environment, these sound changes have been reduced to logical terms and have been programmed to generate…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs, Diachronic Linguistics, Etymology
Davis, Stuart – 1986
A comparison of the application of two current theories of stress to a particular stress pattern found in the Salish language Sooke is presented. Hammond's (1986) grid-like tree structure representation of stress is compared with Halle and Vergnaud's (1986) tree-like grid structure. Examples in the Australian language Maranungku show that, in…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Componential Analysis, Linguistic Theory