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Unexpected Predictability in the Hawaiian Passive

Presented atSan Sebastian, July 12-14, 2012
PublisherSingapore : World Scientific Publishing
Publication date2013
Abstract

In Polynesian phonology and morphology, passives have traditionally been analyzed in two steps: (1) by assigning a single default pattern, which has been characterized as fully predictable and productive; and (2) by lexicalizing the remaining patterns, which have been assumed to be unpredictable. We overturn this assumption of unpredictability here for the Hawaiian passive by finding a computational model capable of predicting more than just the single default. This is achieved by learning statistical regularities over active verbs which predict their passive forms. Whether Hawaiian speakers are able to make use of these model predictions in a productive way can now be tested behaviorally.

Keywords
  • Hawaiian
  • Machine Learning
  • Morphology
  • Phonology
  • Polynesian Languages
Research groups
Funding
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - 131700
Citation (ISO format)
PARKER-JONES, ”Oiwi, MAYOR, Julien. Unexpected Predictability in the Hawaiian Passive. In: Computational Models of Cognitive Processes: Proceedings of the 13th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW13). Mayor, J. & Gomez, P. (Ed.). San Sebastian. Singapore : World Scientific Publishing, 2013. p. 43–61. doi: 10.1142/9789814458849_0004
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ISBN978-981-4458-83-2
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