6 citations · 7 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
cs.SI2014
Human Communication Systems Evolve by Cultural Selection
Nicolas Fay, Monica Tamariz, T Mark Ellison +1
Human communication systems, such as language, evolve culturally; their components undergo reproduction and variation. However, a role for selection in cultural evolutionary dynami…
cmp-lg1995★ 6 cited
Constraints, Exceptions and Representations
T. Mark Ellison
This paper shows that default-based phonologies have the potential to capture morphophonological generalisations which cannot be captured by non-defaul theories. In achieving this…
cmp-lg1995★ 1 cited
Phonological Derivation in Optimality Theory
T. Mark Ellison
Optimality Theory is a constraint-based theory of phonology which allows constraints to be violated. Consequently, implementing the theory presents problems for declarative constra…