28.3065, Books: Choosing a Grammar: Gould

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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:32:27
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Choosing a Grammar: Gould

 


Title: Choosing a Grammar 
Subtitle: Learning paths and ambiguous evidence in the acquisition of syntax 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 238  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.238 


Author: Isaac Gould

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027265913 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027265913 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027265913 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027257215 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027257215 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027257215 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

This book investigates the role that ambiguous evidence can play in the
acquisition of syntax. To illustrate this, the book introduces a probabilistic
learning model for syntactic parameters that learns a grammar of best fit to
the learner’s evidence. The model is then applied to a range of
cross-linguistic case studies – in Swiss German, Korean, and English –
involving child errors, grammatical variability, and implicit negative
evidence. Building on earlier work on language modeling, this book is unique
for its focus on ambiguous evidence and its careful attention to the effects
of parameters interacting with each other. This allows for a novel and
principled account of several acquisition puzzles. With its inter-disciplinary
approach, this book will be of broad interest to syntacticians, language
acquisitionists, and cognitive scientists of language.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Language Acquisition
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     German (deu)
                     Korean (kor)


Written In: English  (eng)

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