Language and Music in Optimality Theory Dicky Gilbers & Maartje Schreuder
PPT Slide
Jackendoff and Lerdahl
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music (Lerdahl & Jackendoff, 1983)
Preference Rules
Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993)
Potentially Conflicting, Soft Constraints
Example
Conflicting Constraints
Prosodic Construction of a Phrase
Comparison preference rules 1
Arguments for trochaic feet
Comparison preference rules 2
Comparison preference rules
Tonic - Dominant - Subdominant
Time-span reduction
Conflict
Assumption: insights from music theory can help us to describe some problematic cases of rhythmic variability in phonology
Music: Re-/misinterpretation of rhythm in accelerated or sloppy playing
Language: Re-/misinterpretation of rhythm in accelerated or sloppy speaking
Email: gilbers@let.rug.nl
Home Page: http://www.let.rug.nl/~gilbers
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