LINGUIST List 32.3249
Fri Oct 15 2021
Software: Presenting Phonomaton: An Online Phonological Rule Engine
Editor for this issue: Everett Green <everettlinguistlist.org>
Date: 15-Sep-2021
From: Daniel Kaufman <dkaufman
qc.cuny.edu>
Subject: Presenting Phonomaton: An Online Phonological Rule Engine
E-mail this message to a friend 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
cs.uky.edu)
Daniel Kaufman (dkaufman
qc.cuny.edu)
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Phonology
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