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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Matthew,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You might check out:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText style='line-height:200%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
200%;text-decoration:none'>Seidenberg, M. S., & MacDonald, M. C. (1999). A
probabilistic constraints approach to language acquisition and processing. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Cognitive Science, 23,</span></i> 569 – 588.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The paper explicitly
addresses the issue from a connectionist perspective. This is an interesting
topic - could you post a summary?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best,</span></font></p>
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Evan</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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info-childes@mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Matthew Saxton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 11 October 2007 12:07<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Competence vs.
Performance: Obsolete?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear All,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Competence vs. Performance: A False
Distinction?</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m convinced that, at some point recently, a very
interesting article on this issue flashed before my eyes, before disappearing
forever, possibly into my ‘filing’ cabinet.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There is, of course, a huge literature in which competence
vs. performance is considered and, very often, taken for granted. I notice also
that the pairing of these concepts is common currency in many other fields
beyond psycholinguistics (e.g., cognitive therapy, animal ecology, engineering,
medicine, and so on). Of course, the way the two terms are used probably
differs from one field to another, but undoubtedly, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>competence</span></i> is often pitted against <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>performance</span></i> in an uncontroversial manner.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am therefore very interested to find any discussion which
challenges the competence-performance distinction. If anyone can help, I
promise to sort out my filing cabinet.....</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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font-family:Arial'>*********************************************************************</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Matthew Saxton</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> MA, MSc, DPhil</span></font></p>
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