OT-Help 2 provides tools for studying language typology in parallel and serial versions of Optimality Theory and Harmonic Grammar.
The parallel component provides solvers for OT and HG as well as typology calculators facilitating easy comparison of theories.
The serial components allow users to define their own
operations in Gen and constraints in Con. These operations and
constraints are used to compute the typology for a list of inputs. New
hypotheses about Gen and Con can be evaluated quickly and easily. These typologies can be computed for both serial OT (Harmonic Serialism) or serial HG (serial Harmonic Grammar).
News
- June 10, 2010: OT-Help 2.0 released.
Please note change in installation procedure.
- January 19, 2008: OT-Help 1.2 released, announced on Phonoloblog. New in this version: streamlined installation, no more need for auxiliary files.
To upgrade from previous versions, just replace your existing OTHelp.jar with the new OTHelp.jar. Other files (.bat, .command) may be thrown out.
- November 1, 2007: OT-Help 1.1 released, announced on Phonoloblog. Improved interface and export of Praat .Collection files from all screens.
To upgrade from version 1.0, just replace your existing OTHelp.jar with the new OTHelp.jar.
- October 1, 2007: OT-Help 1.0 released, announced on ROA.
Contact information
Please email one of the following addresses depending on the nature of your contact:
About OT-Help
OT-Help 2.0 is by Robert Staubs, Michael Becker, Christopher Potts, Patrick Pratt, John J. McCarthy, and Joe Pater. You may cite it as follows:
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Staubs, Robert, Michael Becker, Christopher Potts, Patrick Pratt, John J. McCarthy & Joe Pater (2010). OT-Help 2.0.
Software package. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Amherst.
OT-Help uses code from HaLP, JavaTableau, and OT-Help 1.2:
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Potts, Christopher, Michael Becker, Rajesh Bhatt & Joe Pater (2007).
Harmonic Grammar with Linear Programming (HaLP) 2.0. Software package.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
http://web.linguist.umass.edu/~halp/
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Becker, Michael, Christopher Potts & Joe Pater (2007). JavaTableau 1.0.
Software package. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Becker, Michael, Joe Pater and Christopher Potts (2007). OT-Help 1.2. Software package. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
OT-Help's linear programming solver is from the OR-Objects package from
http://www.opsresearch.com/, freely available at
http://www.opsresearch.com/cgi-bin/freeware.cgi/or124.jar.
The development of OT-Help 1 was funded by a Faculty Research Grant from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the development of OT-Help 2 was funded by grant BCS-0813829 from the National Science Foundation to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
© 2010 UMass Amherst Linguistics Department.
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