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Generative and Item-Specific Knowledge of Language
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Morgan, Emily Ida Popper – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The ability to generate novel utterances compositionally using generative knowledge is a hallmark property of human language. At the same time, languages contain non-compositional or idiosyncratic items, such as irregular verbs, idioms, etc. This dissertation asks how and why language achieves a balance between these two systems--generative and…
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Phonology, Semantics, Diachronic Linguistics
Evaluation, Use, and Refinement of Knowledge Representations through Acquisition Modeling
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Pearl, Lisa – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2017
Generative approaches to language have long recognized the natural link between theories of knowledge representation and theories of knowledge acquisition. The basic idea is that the knowledge representations provided by Universal Grammar enable children to acquire language as reliably as they do because these representations highlight the…
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Computational Linguistics
An Empirical Generative Framework for Computational Modeling of Language Acquisition
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Waterfall, Heidi R.; Sandbank, Ben; Onnis, Luca; Edelman, Shimon – Journal of Child Language, 2010
This paper reports progress in developing a computer model of language acquisition in the form of (1) a generative grammar that is (2) algorithmically learnable from realistic corpus data, (3) viable in its large-scale quantitative performance and (4) psychologically real. First, we describe new algorithmic methods for unsupervised learning of…
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics, Databases
Extended Article: Situated Language Understanding as Filtering Perceived Affordances
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Gorniak, Peter; Roy, Deb – Cognitive Science, 2007
We introduce a computational theory of situated language understanding in which the meaning of words and utterances depends on the physical environment and the goals and plans of communication partners. According to the theory, concepts that ground linguistic meaning are neither internal nor external to language users, but instead span the…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Linguistic Theory, Computational Linguistics, Concept Formation
CONSTRUCT: In Search of a Theory of Meaning. Technical Report No. 238.
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Smith, R. L.; And Others – 1974
A new language-processing system, CONSTRUCT, is described and defined as a question-answering system for elementary mathematical language using natural language input. The primary goal is said to be an attempt to reach a better understanding of the relationship between syntactic and semantic components of natural language. The "meaning…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs, Context Free Grammar, Input Output
A Survey of Linguistic Science.
Dingwall, William Orr, Ed. – 1971
This survey consists of eleven papers covering current topics within the realm of linguistic science. The papers are written by scholars in particular fields, and each one is followed by a list of references and critiques by other linguists. Current theories are discussed and reference is made to recent studies and writings. The areas of…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Articulation (Speech), Computational Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics