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Underspecification

In theoretical linguistics, underspecification is an analytic strategy in which a linguistic representation omits the value of one or more features, leaving those values to be supplied by general principles (e.g. redundancy rules, harmony, default inheritance, or constraint interaction). The term is used in phonology and phonetics for segmental and…

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Phonology, Morphology & Semantics and computational linguistics

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Underspecification

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples57
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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related to Further reading · 32
Underspecification → An, Archangeli, Aspects, BF00134678, Blackwell, Charles, Deriving, Diana, Donca, Hungarian, In Goldsmith, ISBN, John, Keating, Linguistic Inquiry, Linguistic Theory, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Mohanan
related to Semantics and computational linguistics · 6
Underspecification → Frameworks, In, Minimal, MRS-style, Related, This
related to Morphology · 5
Underspecification → English, For, German, In, Such
related to Approaches · 4
Underspecification → English, For, Radical, Restricted
related to Phonology · 2
Underspecification → In, Predictable
is a · 1
Underspecification → analytic strategy in which a linguistic representation omits the value of one or more features

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harmony features used vowel syncretism values feature phonology scope specified often analyses morphology semantics doi specification value one supplied default

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Underspecificationis aanalytic strategy in which a linguistic representation omits the value of one or more features0.90text
assimilationinstance ofPredictable values may be supplied by redundancy/defaults or by processes0.80text
harmonyinstance ofPredictable values may be supplied by redundancy/defaults or by processes0.80text
helping capture patterns over natural classes without listing every feature value in the lexicon.ApproachesRestricted underspecification holds that features should be underspecified only when their values are predictable from general principlesinstance ofPredictable values may be supplied by redundancy/defaults or by processes0.80text
Germaninstance ofsome analyses of English treat bound-variable singular they as lacking a fixed gender specification in contexts where it can be used with a wide range of antecedents.A common il…0.80text
Minimal recursion semantics encode constraints on scope without forcing a choice among all resolved interpretationsinstance ofFrameworks0.80text
which can be useful for parsinginstance ofFrameworks0.80text
generationinstance ofFrameworks0.80text
Underspecificationrelated to ApproachesRestricted0.60section
Underspecificationrelated to ApproachesFor0.60section
Underspecificationrelated to ApproachesEnglish0.60section
Underspecificationrelated to ApproachesRadical0.60section

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