How can probability theory and statistical modeling contribute to our understanding of phonological variation and probabilistic phonological processes?
Thank you for your response Abolfazl Ghoodjani, but what I'm really interested in knowing is how statistical modeling and probability theory are used to analyze and model probabilistic phonological processes. How are different phonological rules applied in different contexts examined through statistical methods? How does probability theory help with uncertainty quantification and estimating the likelihood that specific phonological patterns will occur?