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Feature Underspecification

Feature Underspecification is a theoretical construct in phonological theory whereby a phonological feature is not fully specified in the underlying representation of a phoneme, differing from fully specified feature assignments by allowing abstract, sparse representations that account for natural class behavior and synchronic alternations.

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Underspecification

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85

Aspects of underspecification theory

Diana Archangeli · Phonology · 1988 · 568 citations

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Underspecification Presents Challenges for Credibility in Modern Machine Learning

Alexander D’Amour, Katherine Heller, Dan Moldovan et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2020 · 431 citations · Full text

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Underspecification in Phonetics

Patricia Keating · Phonology · 1988 · 397 citations

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Licensing <i>Wh</i>‐in‐situ

Lisa Lai‐Shen Cheng, Johan Rooryck · Syntax · 2000 · 391 citations · Full text

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Feature Predictability and Underspecification: Palatal Prosody in Japanese Mimetics

R. Armin Mester, Junko Itô · Language · 1989 · 317 citations

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Authors

157

  1. JN
    Joachim Niehren

    Saarland University, Germany

    4 publications · 98 citations

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  2. PR
    Peter Ruhrberg

    Saarland University, Germany

    4 publications · 98 citations

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  3. DP
    Douglas Pulleyblank

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 262 citations

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  4. KL
    Ken Lodge

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 132 citations

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  5. FX
    Feiyu Xu

    German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Germany

    2 publications · 55 citations

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Institutions

62

  1. Saarland University

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    316 citations

  2. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    450 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    337 citations

  4. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    118 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    295 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    411 citations

  8. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

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Venues

  1. Phonology

    11 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Language

    7 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Lingua

    3 publications · 321 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Child Language

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. Linguistic Inquiry

    2 publications · 324 citations

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