The phrase "alternation rule" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to linguistics, mathematics, or any field where rules of alternation are discussed.
Example: "In phonology, the alternation rule explains how certain sounds change in different contexts."
Alternatives: "substitution rule" or "variation rule".
Overall, our data show that MD-lesioned subjects exhibit a cognitive impairment characterized by a difficulty to maintain an alternation rule in situations involving procedural variance, and this deficit could stem primarily from an increase of fear reactivity.
The more cynical believe that the powerful prime minister, Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah, wishes to become emir himself, and so was pleased to see his half-brother, Sheikh Jaber, replaced by a feeble al-Salem, who fulfils the alternation rule but may not stay in office very long.
Because of this initial task state, scoring of the first outbound trial (i.e., following departure from the center food well) was ambiguous with respect to the left/right alternation rule.
Training on the forced-choice alternation rule commenced after the last day of habituation.
This behavior, that can either be analyzed spontaneously or conditioned by an explicit reinforced alternation rule, requires intact working memory abilities.
Finite-state morphology assumes that both the word-formation rules (morphotactics) and the morpho-phonological alternation rules can be modeled as finite-state machines.
A first candidate, perceptual alternations, was ruled out in Experiment 4: The mean percept duration (perceptual dominance) for the elements we used exceeded the search times for all observers.
It is still not ready to accept an alternation of ruling parties, fearing that some leading "democrats" are disloyal to China and want to topple Communist rule on the mainland as well.
Mr Jonathan is a Christian, and in deciding to run, he violated Nigeria's unwritten rule of alternation of power between the north and the south.
Most Paris papers, though they take a Left or Right line -some like Combat, in maddening alternation - as a rule agree with no party and criticize all, being what is called nowadays "independents," of which Le Monde itself is the most august and temperate example.
1. Vangelis Meimarakis Democracy Now, the conservative party that ruled in alternation with Pasok, the socialist party, for decades.
