evan@TXSIL.LONESTAR.ORG (Evan Antworth) (04/18/91)
I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.education> FONOL400.ZIP Generative Phonology rule simulator The program was written by Frank R. Brandon, but as he does not have network or email access, I am submitting it for him. It is 'freeware': anyone can give away copies as long as they do not charge for the copies and as long as they give all the distribution files in unmodified form. Evan Antworth Academic Computing Department Summer Institute of Linguistics 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A. phone: 214/709-2418 internet: evan@txsil.lonestar.org
wjin@superman.cs.uh.edu (Woochang Jin) (04/22/91)
In article <W8SDZ.12678972021.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> evan@TXSIL.LONESTAR.ORG (Evan Antworth) writes: >I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: > >pd1:<msdos.education> >FONOL400.ZIP Generative Phonology rule simulator > >The program was written by Frank R. Brandon, but as he does not >have network or email access, I am submitting it for him. It is >'freeware': anyone can give away copies as long as they do not >charge for the copies and as long as they give all the distribution >files in unmodified form. > When people announce this kind of informations, I would appreciate if they they also give brief summeries of the program so that I may determine whether I ftp it or not. Anyway, thanks to the poeple who try to share good programs with others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Woochang Jin Graduate Student, Office - PGH574, PGH592 wjin@cs.uh.edu System Administration. Department of Computer Science 713-747-2130(home) 713-749-1748(office) University of Houston
evan@txsil.lonestar.org (Evan Antworth) (04/23/91)
>>In article <W8SDZ.12678972021.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> evan@TXSIL.LONESTAR.ORG (Evan Antworth) writes: >>I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: >> >>pd1:<msdos.education> >>FONOL400.ZIP Generative Phonology rule simulator >> >>The program was written by Frank R. Brandon, but as he does not >>have network or email access, I am submitting it for him. It is >>'freeware': anyone can give away copies as long as they do not >>charge for the copies and as long as they give all the distribution >>files in unmodified form. >> >When people announce this kind of informations, I would appreciate if they >they also give brief summeries of the program so that I may determine >whether I ftp it or not. >Anyway, thanks to the poeple who try to share good programs with others. Sorry, I didn't realize Keith would forward that brief message. As for the program, if you don't know what "generative phonology" is, you don't want Fonol. The author describes Fonol as a "phonological programming language". To use Fonol, you write a phonological description using "standard generative phonology" (a la Chomsky & Halle 1968, Sound Pattern of English) and Fonol applies the rules to data. It will likely be useful mostly for pedagogical purposes, but should also be useful for developing and testing a phonological analysis. It should be noted that the author of Fonol, Frank Brandon, is not affiliated with SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), and Fonol is not distributed or supported by SIL. Frank's address and phone number are given in the documentation. Fonol is available for IBM PC compatibles only. Sorry Mac users. If someone would like to do a Mac port of it, I'm sure Frank will supply the sources. I have briefly tried the program, but have not extensively tested it. Evan Antworth Academic Computing Department Summer Institute of Linguistics 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A. phone: 214/709-2418 internet: evan@txsil.lonestar.org