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Co-evolution of language and of the language acquisition device

Year: 1997

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: A new account of parameter setting during grammatical acquisition is presented in terms of Generalized Categorial Grammar embedded in a default inheritance hierarchy, providing a natural partial ordering on the setting of parameters. Experiments show that several expermentally effective learners can be defined in this framework. Evolutionary simulations suggest that a learner with default initial settings for parameters will emerge, provided that learning is memory limited and the environment of linguistic adaptation contains an appropriate language.

Source: Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics

DOI: 10.3115/979617.979671

Author: Ted Briscoe

Institution: University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Language and cultural evolution

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2789150702

FWCI: 18

Cites: 19

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10