Probabilistic Models of Grammar: Phonology as Information Minimization
John Goldsmith · 2002
Two philosophers who disagree about a point should, instead of arguing fruitlessly and endlessly, be able to take out their pencils, sit down amicably at their desks, and say "Let us calculate." Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 – 1716) Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.