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harmonic grammar: a standalone construct

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Phonology

constraint-based grammar in which constraints carry numerical weights and the winning form has the best weighted sum, rather than a strict ranking.

In phonology, harmonic grammar refers to constraint-based grammar in which constraints carry numerical weights and the winning form has the best weighted sum, rather than a strict ranking. This meaning comes from Pater (2009) in Cognitive Science.[1]

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References

Pater, J. (2009). Weighted Constraints in Generative Linguistics. Cognitive Science, 33(6), 999-1035. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01047.x

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