bindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">### 4. Optimality Theory Implementation</span></span>
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<span id="cb1-120"><a href="#cb1-120" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>While FSTs are traditionally associated with rule-based phonology, they can also be used to implement constraint-based approaches like Optimality Theory (OT) <span class="co">[</span><span class="ot">@Prince1993</span><span class="co">]</span>. This is typically done