Ambiguity, parsing, and the evaluation measure

An evaluation measure (EM) guides a learner's choice of grammar when more than one is compatible with available input. EM must be universal, so children receiving comparable input acquire comparable grammars. It must favor the choices children actually make. The theoretical shift from rule-base...

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Published in:Language acquisition 2017-04, Vol.24 (2), p.85-99
Main Author: Fodor, Janet Dean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity
Ambiguity (Semantics)
Child Language
Children
Computational Linguistics
Evaluation Methods
Grammar
Language Acquisition
Language Processing
Language Research
Linguistic Input
Linguistic Theory
Parsing
Psycholinguistics
Sentences
Syntactic processing
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Summary:An evaluation measure (EM) guides a learner's choice of grammar when more than one is compatible with available input. EM must be universal, so children receiving comparable input acquire comparable grammars. It must favor the choices children actually make. The theoretical shift from rule-based grammars to principles-and-parameter-based grammars demanded a new conception of EM. I propose that it reflects biases of the sentence processing mechanism.
ISSN:1048-9223
1532-7817
DOI:10.1080/10489223.2016.1270948