32.3249, Software: Presenting Phonomaton: An Online Phonological Rule Engine

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Subject: 32.3249, Software: Presenting Phonomaton: An Online Phonological Rule Engine

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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:40:52
From: Daniel Kaufman [dkaufman at qc.cuny.edu]
Subject: Presenting Phonomaton: An Online Phonological Rule Engine

 
Phonomaton, freely available at
https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/linguistics/phonomaton.cgi, churns out surface
forms from a user's ordered rules and underlying representations. Rules can
make use of a full set of features (following Hayes 2009) as well as
underspecification, recursive rule application and, with a little creativity,
cycles/levels. The phonomaton also lets users create an inventory that
constrains the output, as well as giving a full feature comparison for any
segments in the IPA and a summary of distinctive features for any subset of
the IPA or a particular inventory. Being entirely browser-based, it is easy to
use, has no special system requirements, and requires no downloading. We
believe it is a fantastic tool for teaching feature theory, the mechanics of
phonological derivations, rule ordering, and more. Capabilities on the way
include alpha notation and provisions for user-defined feature geometry. 

Do us the honor of giving it a whirl and letting us know what you think! 

Phonomatically yours,

Raphael Finkel (raphael at cs.uky.edu)
Daniel Kaufman (dkaufman at qc.cuny.edu)


Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Phonology



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