1. Introduction. - 1. 1 Historical Background and Problem Statement. - 1. 2 Allophonic Constraints are Useful. - 1. 3 Problems with Rewrite-Rules. - 1. 4 Trends Toward Larger Constituents. - 1. 5 Parsing and Matching. - 1. 6 Summary. - 1. 7 Outline of What's To Come. - 2. Representation of Segments. - 2. 1 Stevens' Theory of Invariant Features. - 2. 2 Our Position. - 2. 3 What's New. - 2. 4 Motivations for Representing Phonetic Distinctions. - 2. 5 Capturing Generalizations. - 2. 6 Summary. - 3. Allophonic Rules. - 3. 1 Flapping and Syllable Level Generalizations. - 3. 2 Non-Linear Formulations of Flapping. - 3. 3 Implementation Difficulties and the Lexical Expansion Solution. - 4. An Alternative: Phrase-Structure Rules. - 4. 1 PS Trees Bear More Fruit Than You Would Have Thought. - 4. 2 The Constituency Hypothesis. - 4. 3 Advantages of Phrase-Structure Formulation. - 4. 4 Summary. - 5. Parser Implementation. - 5. 1 An Introduction to Chart Parsing. - 5. 2 Representation Issues. - 5. 3 A Parser Based on Matrix Operations. - 5. 4 No Recursion. - 5. 5 Order of Evaluation. - 5. 6 Feature Manipulation. - 5. 7 Additional Lattice Operations. - 5. 8 Debugging Capabilities. - 5. 9 Summary. - 6. Phonotactic Constraints. - 6. 1 The Affix Position. - 6. 2 The Length Restriction. - 6. 3 The Sonority Hierarchy. - 6. 4 Practical Applications of Phonotactic Constraints. - 6. 5 Summary. - 7. When Phonotactic Constraints are Not Enough. - 7. 1 Basic Principles. - 7. 2 Against Stress Resyllabification. - 7. 3 Practical Applications of Vowel Resyllabification. - 7. 4 Automatic Syllabification of Lexicons. - 7. 5 Summary. - 8. Robustness Issues. - 8. 1 Alternatives in the Input Lattice. - 8. 2 Problems for Parsing. - 8. 3 Relaxing Phonological Distinctions. - 8. 4 Conservation of Distinctive Features. - 8. 5 Probabilistic Methods. - 8. 6 Distinctive Features. - 8. 7 Summary. - 9. Conclusion. - 9. 1 Review of the Standard Position. - 9. 2 Review of Nakatani's Position. - 9. 3 Review of the Constituency Hypothesis. - 9. 4 Review of Phonotactic Constraints. - 9. 5 Comparison with Syntactic Notions of Constituency. - 9. 6 Contributions. - References. - Appendix I. The Organization of the Lexicon. - I. 1. Linear Representation and Linear Search. - I. 2. Non-Recursive Discrimination Networks. - I. 3. Recursive Discrimination Networks. - I. 4. Hash Tables Based on Equivalence Class Abstractions. - I. 5. Shipman and Zue. - I. 6. Morse Code. - I. 7. Selecting the Appropriate Gross Classification. - I. 8. Summary. - Appendix II. Don't Depend Upon Syntax and Semantics. - II. 1. Higher Level vs. Lower Level Constraints. - II. 2. Too Much Dependence in the Past. - II. 3. How Much Can Higher Constraints Help?. - II. 4. Detraction from the Important Low-Level Issues. - II. 5. New Directions: Recognition without Understanding. - II. 6. Lower-Level Constraints Bear More Fruit. - II. 7. Summary. - Appendix III. Lexical Phonology. - III. 1. Difference Between + and . - III. 2. Pipeline Design. - III. 3. Distinctions Between Lexical and Postlexical Rules. - III. 4. Which Rules are Lexical and Which are Postlexical?. - III. 5. The Implementation of Lexical and Postlexical Rules. - Appendix IV. A Sample Grammar. - Appendix V. Sample Lexicon. - Appendix VI. Sample Output. Language: English