This chapter provides some positive examples of recent research in Substance Free
phonology (SFP). It clarifies several issues that surround the use of the'substance'in …

We argue that the representational primes of the human phonological faculty, the so-called
distinctive features, are innate and substance-free. Our arguments for the innateness of …

We propose that the interface between phonology and phonetics is mediated by a
transduction process that converts elementary units of phonological computation, features …

In this paper, we discuss how the difference between feature-changing and feature-filling
processes has not been adequately addressed in rule-based, derivational phonology. We …

When Newton got hit on the head by the apple, he did not know that there was a single
universal force of gravity that works the same way under a tree and among the Earth, Sun …

Spurred by the demand for interpretable models, research on eXplainable AI for language
technologies has experienced significant growth, with feature attribution methods emerging …

Abstract Halle's (1959) argument against a distinction between morphophonemic and
phonemic rules can be understood as an argument against the relevance of contrast to …

This Element surveys the various lines of work that have applied algorithmic, formal,
mathematical, statistical, and/or probabilistic methods to the study of phonology and the …

Conclusion To summarize, MP on the one hand is targeted at computational linguists who
work under the specific formalism of Minimalism. On the other hand, it can also serve as a …

We discuss a set-theoretic treatment of segments as sets of valued features and of natural
classes as intensionally defined sets of sets of valued features. In this system, the empty set …