22.826, Books: Computational Ling/Lang Acquisition: Alishahi, Hirst (Ed)

Fri Feb 18 23:46:18 UTC 2011

LINGUIST List: Vol-22-826. Fri Feb 18 2011. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 22.826, Books: Computational Ling/Lang Acquisition: Alishahi, Hirst (Ed)

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Veronika Drake, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Eric Raimy, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
       <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemeh at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 

===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 16-Feb-2011
From: Andrea Descoteaux Koprowicz [andrea at morganclaypool.com]
Subject: Computational Modeling of Human Language Acquisition: Alishahi,
Hirst (Ed)

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:44:55
From: Andrea Descoteaux Koprowicz [andrea at morganclaypool.com]
Subject: Computational Modeling of Human Language Acquisition: Alishahi, Hirst (Ed)

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=22-826.html&submissionid=4497455&topicid=2&msgnumber=1

Title: Computational Modeling of Human Language Acquisition 
Series Title: Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Book URL: http://www.morganclaypool.com/toc/hlt/1/1 

Author: Afra Alishahi
Editor: Graeme Hirst

Electronic: ISBN:  9781608453405 Pages: 107 Price: U.S. $ 30.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1608453391 9781608453399 Pages: 107 Price: U.S. $ 35.00

Abstract:

Human language acquisition has been studied for centuries, but using 
computational modeling for such studies is a relatively recent trend. However, 
computational approaches to language learning have become increasingly 
popular, mainly due to advances in developing machine learning techniques, 
and the availability of vast collections of experimental data on child language 
learning and child-adult interaction. Many of the existing computational 
models attempt to study the complex task of learning a language under 
cognitive plausibility criteria (such as memory and processing limitations that 
humans face), and to explain the developmental stages observed in children. 
By simulating the process of child language learning, computational models 
can show us which linguistic representations are learnable from the input that 
children have access to, and which mechanisms yield the same patterns of 
behaviour that children exhibit during this process. In doing so, computational 
modeling provides insight into the plausible mechanisms involved in human 
language acquisition, and inspires the development of better language models 
and techniques. This book provides an overview of the main research 
questions in the field of human language acquisition. It reviews the most 
commonly used computational frameworks, methodologies and resources for 
modeling child language learning, and the evaluation techniques used for 
assessing these computational models. The book is aimed at cognitive 
scientists who want to become familiar with the available computational 
methods for investigating problems related to human language acquisition, as 
well as computational linguists who are interested in applying their skills to 
the study of child language acquisition.

Different aspects of language learning are discussed in separate chapters, 
including the acquisition of the individual words, the general regularities which 
govern word and sentence form, and the associations between form and 
meaning. For each of these aspects, the challenges of the task are 
discussed and the relevant empirical findings on children are summarized. 
Furthermore, the existing computational models that attempt to simulate the 
task under study are reviewed, and a number of case studies are presented.

Table of Contents: Overview / Computational Models of Language Learning / 
Learning Words / Putting Words Together / Form--Meaning Associations / 
Final Thoughts 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=53206

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl	

	Cambridge Scholars Publishing          
		http://www.c-s-p.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	De Gruyter Mouton          
		http://www.degruyter.com/mouton	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
		http://www.emeraldinsight.com/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Morgan & Claypool Publishers          

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	University of Toronto Press          
		http://www.utpjournals.com/	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
		http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm 

	Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass
		http://glsa.hypermart.net/ 

	Linguistic Association of Finland
		http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	University of Nebraska Press

-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-22-826	
----------------------------------------------------------