This article responds to Pater (2018) by arguing for a view of phonology that captures the computational properties of phonological processes. Jardine's (2016) statement that tone is formally more complex than segmental phonology is not a claim, as Pater characterises it, but an empirical observation. This article outlines how phonological theories can incorporate such observations, and integrate them with considerations of phonological substance. The conclusion is that, while computational characterisations are not necessarily alternatives to Optimality Theory, it is extremely diffcult to capture the computational nature of phonological processes in Optimality Theory, due to the expressive power of global optimisation.

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计算也很重要：对 Pater (2018) 的回应

本文对 Pater (2018) 的回应是主张一种捕捉音韵过程计算特性的音韵学观点。Jardine (2016) 声明声调在形式上比音段更复杂，这不是一种主张，正如 Pater 所描述的那样，而是一种经验观察。本文概述了语音理论如何结合这些观察，并将它们与语音实质的考虑相结合。结论是，虽然计算表征不一定是最优理论的替代品，但由于全局优化的表达能力，在最优理论中捕捉语音过程的计算性质是极其困难的。