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Braces
PHONOLOGY: a notational convention to abbreviate two rules. EXAMPLE: braces are a means to abbreviate the rules (i) and (ii) as the one rule (iii).
(i) A -> B / C _____ (ii) A -> B / D _____ C (iii) A -> B / { } ______ D
LIT. | Chomsky, N. and M. Halle (1968) |