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An Approach to Syllables via some Extensions of Marcus Contextual Grammars

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We propose and study a model of the graphical syllable using Marcus contextual grammars. For this purpose we introduce two new variants of Marcus contextual grammars: total Marcus contextual grammar with total leftmost derivation, and total Marcus contextual grammar with total leftmost derivation constrained by maximal use of selectors.

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Dinu, L.P. An Approach to Syllables via some Extensions of Marcus Contextual Grammars. Grammars 6, 1–12 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024089129146

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