Assignment of Gender to French Nouns in Primary and Secondary Language: A Connectionist Model.

Sokolik, M. E.; Smith, Michael E.

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ERIC Number: EJ443036

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Publication Date: 1992

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Assignment of Gender to French Nouns in Primary and Secondary Language: A Connectionist Model.

Sokolik, M. E.; Smith, Michael E.

Second Language Research, v8 n1 p39-58 Feb 1992

Describes a computer-based connectionist-type network model that correctly identified the gender of a set of French nouns, relying solely on information inherent in the nouns' structures, in the absence of explicit rules for evaluating nouns, through discovering criterial gender-specific features through examples of masculine and feminine nouns. (23 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Distinctive Features (Language), French, Language Patterns, Models, Nouns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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