- Tytuł:
- A cognitively plausible model for grammar induction
- Autorzy:
- Katzir, R.
- Tematy:
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Universal Grammar
learning
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- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Podstaw Informatyki PAN
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/103927.pdf  Link otwiera się w nowym oknie
- Opis:
- This paper aims to bring theoretical linguistics and cognition-general theories of learning into closer contact. I argue that linguists’ notions of rich Universal Grammars (UGs) are well-founded, but that cognition-general learning approaches are viable as well and that the two can and should co-exist and support each other. Specifically, I use the observation that any theory of UG provides a learning criterion – the total memory space used to store a grammar and its encoding of the input – that supports learning according to the principle of Minimum Description-Length. This mapping from UGs to learners maintains a minimal ontological commitment: the learner for a particular UG uses only what is already required to account for linguistic competence in adults. I suggest that such learners should be our null hypothesis regarding the child’s learning mechanism, and that furthermore, the mapping from theories of UG to learners provides a framework for comparing theories of UG.
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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