Clark, Alexander
Linguistic nativism and the poverty of the stimulus / Alexander Clark and Shalom Lappin. - Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Introduction: Nativism in Linguistic Theory -- Clarifying the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus -- The Stimulus: Determining the Nature of Primary Linguistic Data -- Learning in the Limit: The Gold Paradigm -- Probabilistic Learning Theory for Language Acquisition -- A Formal Model of Indirect Negative Evidence -- Computational Complexity and Efficient Learning -- Positive Results in Efficient Learning -- Grammar Induction through Implemented Machine Learning -- Parameters in Linguistic Theory and Probabilistic Language Models -- A Brief Look at Some Biological and Psychological Evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
This unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of language acquisition considers the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus in language learning in the context of the wider debate over cognitive, computational, and linguistic issues.: Critically examines the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus - the theory that the linguistic input which children receive is insufficient to explain the rich and rapid development of their knowledge of their first language(s) through general learning mechanisms Focuses on formal learnability properties of the class of natural languages, considered.
9781444390568 1444390562 9781444390544 1444390546 1283514273 9781283514279 9781405187848 1405187840 9781405187855 1405187859
10.1002/9781444390568 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Language acquisition.
Native language.
Computational linguistics.
Language and languages.
Computational linguistics.
Language acquisition.
Native language.
Electronic books.
P118 / .C544 2011
401/.93
Linguistic nativism and the poverty of the stimulus / Alexander Clark and Shalom Lappin. - Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Introduction: Nativism in Linguistic Theory -- Clarifying the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus -- The Stimulus: Determining the Nature of Primary Linguistic Data -- Learning in the Limit: The Gold Paradigm -- Probabilistic Learning Theory for Language Acquisition -- A Formal Model of Indirect Negative Evidence -- Computational Complexity and Efficient Learning -- Positive Results in Efficient Learning -- Grammar Induction through Implemented Machine Learning -- Parameters in Linguistic Theory and Probabilistic Language Models -- A Brief Look at Some Biological and Psychological Evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
This unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of language acquisition considers the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus in language learning in the context of the wider debate over cognitive, computational, and linguistic issues.: Critically examines the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus - the theory that the linguistic input which children receive is insufficient to explain the rich and rapid development of their knowledge of their first language(s) through general learning mechanisms Focuses on formal learnability properties of the class of natural languages, considered.
9781444390568 1444390562 9781444390544 1444390546 1283514273 9781283514279 9781405187848 1405187840 9781405187855 1405187859
10.1002/9781444390568 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Language acquisition.
Native language.
Computational linguistics.
Language and languages.
Computational linguistics.
Language acquisition.
Native language.
Electronic books.
P118 / .C544 2011
401/.93