scholarly journals Recent advances in Q Theory: Segment strength

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Martha Schwarz ◽  
Myriam Lapierre ◽  
Karee Garvin ◽  
Sharon Inkelas
Keyword(s):  
Stress System ◽  
Theoretic Analysis ◽  
Stress Assignment ◽  
Q Theory ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Vowel Quantity

Using Q Theory, in which canonical segments are represented as a sequence of three subsegments, this paper develops a scale of vowel quantity, ranging from ‘superlight’ single v subsegments to ‘heavy’ or geminate vowels consisting of four subsegments. An Optimality-Theoretic analysis of quantity-sensitive stress assignment is developed, in which stress is preferred on vowels with more subsegments. A case study of the Jê language Panãra demonstrates that a single language can draw a four-way vowel quantity contrast, to which the stress system is sensitive.

scholarly journals Modeling Vowel Quantity Scales in Q Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karee Garvin ◽  
Myriam Lapierre ◽  
Martha Schwarz ◽  
Sharon Inkelas
Keyword(s):  
Full Range ◽  
Phonological Representations ◽  
Phonological Processes ◽  
Stress Assignment ◽  
Underlying Representation ◽  
Q Theory ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Phonological Feature ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Vowel Quantity

A growing body of research suggests that vowels vary in degree of strength. These strength differences are borne out in the degree to which these segments undergo or trigger phonological processes such as stress assignment or harmony. Traditionally, this variability has been accounted for through binary differences in phonological representations, such as presence or absence of a segment in the underlying representation, presence or absence of a phonological feature, and moraicity or non-moraicity of the relevant segment. While distinctions in underlying status and moraic structure are an effective tool for capturing some of the observed differences in vowel strength, they do not capture all attested differences. In this paper, we offer evidence supporting a four-point strength scale to which faithfulness and markedness constraints can refer. This model allows for strength differences among underlying and inserted vowels, and within monomoraic and bimoraic vowels as well, subject to scalar implications.  We argue that Q-Theoretic representations offer the necessary representational tool to capture the full range of vowel strength.

Withdrawn: Diabetes Mellitus Prognosis Using Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks Case Study: Alexandria Vascular Center (AVC)

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abeer A. Amer ◽  
Soha M. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Vascular Center ◽  
Copyright Permission ◽  
Legal Right

The following article has been withdrawn on the request of the author of the journal Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications (Recent Patents on Computer Science): Title: Diabetes Mellitus Prognosis Using Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks Case Study: Alexandria Vascular Center (AVC) Authors: Abeer A. Amer and Soha M. Ismail* Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may cause BENTHAM SCIENCE DISCLAIMER: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.

Ecocompositional and Performative Strategies for Creative Usage of Everyday Sounds: Creative Semantic Anchoring

Leonardo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-196
Author(s):  
Damián Keller ◽  
Leonardo Feichas
Keyword(s):  
New Method ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Solo Violin ◽  
Available Resources

The authors cover recent advances in ecologically grounded creative practice, highlighting performative strategies in instrumental writing. They address techniques adopted in ecocomposition and propose an expansion of the available resources by introducing a new method: creative semantic anchoring. The underlying concepts are presented and a case study—targeting the performative practice of Flausino Valle’s 26 Characteristic and Concert Preludes for Solo Violin—is described.

Recent Advances in Intelligent Tutoring Systems

2013 ◽  
pp. 631-647
Author(s):  
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues ◽  
Pedro F. N. João ◽  
Isabel de la Torre Díez
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring Systems ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Study Guide ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Tutoring Systems ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Web

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) include interactive applications with some intelligence that supports the learning process. Some of ITS have had a very large impact on educational outcomes in field tests, and they have provided an important ground for artificial intelligence research. This chapter elaborates on recent advances in ITS and includes a case study presenting an ITS called EduTutor. This system was created for the Web-Based Aulanet Learning Management System (LMS). It focuses on subjects for the first cycle of studies of the Portuguese primary education system, between the first and the fourth year. It facilitates the perception of the learning process of each student, individually, in a virtual environment, as a study guide. Moreover, EduTutor has been designed and its architecture prepared for being easily integrated into higher levels of studies, different subjects, and several languages. Currently, it is used in the Aulanet LMS platform.

What Can Fitness Apps Teach Us About Group Privacy?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Miriam J. Metzger ◽  
Jennifer Jiyoung Suh ◽  
Scott Reid ◽  
Amr El Abbadi
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Individual Privacy ◽  
Recent Advances

This chapter begins with a case study of Strava, a fitness app that inadvertently exposed sensitive military information even while protecting individual users' information privacy. The case study is analyzed as an example of how recent advances in algorithmic group inference technologies threaten privacy, both for individuals and for groups. It then argues that while individual privacy from big data analytics is well understood, group privacy is not. Results of an experiment to better understand group privacy are presented. Findings show that group and individual privacy are psychologically distinct and uniquely affect people's evaluations, use, and tolerance for a fictitious fitness app. The chapter concludes with a discussion of group-inference technologies ethics and offers recommendations for fitness app designers.

P-Cable High Resolution 3D Seismic - Case Study and Recent Advances

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frode N. Eriksen* ◽  
C. Berndt ◽  
J. Karstens ◽  
G.J. Crutchley
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals Stress assignment in polysyllabic words in Levantine Arabic: An Optimality-Theoretic analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nour Abu Guba
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Theoretic Analysis ◽  
Secondary Stress ◽  
Left Edge ◽  
Stress Assignment ◽  
Prosodic Word ◽  
Levantine Arabic

Abstract This paper proposes an Optimality-Theoretic analysis of stress assignment in Levantine Arabic. The proposed hierarchy incorporates two constraints, namely *EXTENDED-LAPSE-R, which restricts stress to one of the last three syllables, and ALIGN-LEFT, which demands that the left edge of the prosodic word be aligned with a foot. This hierarchy is superior to earlier research as it successfully accounts for stress assignment in a more comprehensive and economical way. Most interestingly, it can account for the unexpected stress on a light penult in prosodic words ending in four light syllables and the paradoxical status of foot extrametricality without ad hoc parameterization of constraints. Moreover, findings show that footing in Levantine Arabic is iterative, an indication that secondary stress is attested in Levantine dialects.

scholarly journals Stress assignment in Hittite and Proto-Indo-European

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Anthony D Yates
Keyword(s):  
Common Ancestor ◽  
Theoretic Analysis ◽  
Left Edge ◽  
Stress Assignment ◽  
Primary Stress ◽  
Prosodic Word ◽  
European Languages ◽  
The Common ◽  
Lexical Accent

This paper develops a new optimality theoretic analysis of lexical accent in Hittite (Anatolian, Indo-European). I demonstrate that Hittite synchronic stress assignment is consistent with Kiparsky and Halle's (1977) Basic Accentuation Principle, which assigns primary stress to the leftmost morpheme lexically specified for prosodic prominence or else to the left edge of a prosodic word. The Hittite evidence is thus shown to converge with Kiparsky and Halle's reconstruction of this principle for the common ancestor of the non-Anatolian Indo-European languages (i.e. Proto-Nuclear-Indo-European), and in view of this agreement, argued to be reconstructible for Proto-Indo-European itself.

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