Transducers and Two Level Rules

Exercise 3		Assignment
Transducers		Introduction to transducers
Linguistic examples		Examples of sound change rules
Composition		Rule ordering and composition
Rule-ordering		Rule ordering issues are what got us interested in two level rules. Linguistic need for rule-ordering
Two-level Notation		Discussion of two-level notation.
Using fsa tools		FSA lab exercise Start up instructions The FSA manual (ps, pdf, html).
Using xfst		Assignment 4: Southern Brazilian Portuguese pronunication erxercise, p. 145. Beesley and Kartunnen. Karttunen Beesley Startup Instructions Trial run of xfst. Karttunen Beesley Book WebSite (lots of useful command summary info distilled from book).
Answers to Exercises		E insertion Flap problem Solution to sh+ch problem in homework. Answers to assignment 4: Chap 2 Beesley and Kertunnen.
Readings		Kaplan Kay 1994. Kaplan et al 2004. Karttunen Beesley: Two Level Compiler. Xerox PARC Tech Report.