03072nam 2200601Ia 450 991083070250332120230725025650.01-283-51427-397866138267251-4443-9056-21-4443-9054-6(CKB)2670000000059111(EBL)644966(OCoLC)700706059(SSID)ssj0000470939(PQKBManifestationID)11312113(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470939(PQKBWorkID)10413252(PQKB)10326804(MiAaPQ)EBC644966(EXLCZ)99267000000005911120100624d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLinguistic nativism and the poverty of the stimulus[electronic resource] /Alex Clark and Shalom LappinMalden, MA Wiley-Blackwell20101 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-8784-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Linguistic Nativism and the Poverty of the Stimulus; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Nativism in Linguistic Theory; 2 Clarifying the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus; 3 The Stimulus: Determining the Nature of Primary Linguistic Data; 4 Learning in the Limit: The Gold Paradigm; 5 Probabilistic Learning Theory for Language Acquisition; 6 A Formal Model of Indirect Negative Evidence; 7 Computational Complexity and Efficient Learning; 8 Positive Results in Efficient Learning; 9 Grammar Induction through Implemented Machine Learning10 Parameters in Linguistic Theory and Probabilistic Language Models11 A Brief Look at Some Biological and Psychological Evidence; 12 Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject IndexThis unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of language acquisition considers the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus in language learning in the context of the wider debate over cognitive, computational, and linguistic issues. Critically examines the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus - the theory that the linguistic input which children receive is insufficient to explain the rich and rapid development of their knowledge of their first language(s) through general learning mechanismsFocuses on formal learnability properties of the class of natural languages, conLanguage acquisitionNative languageComputational linguisticsLanguage acquisition.Native language.Computational linguistics.401.93401/.93Clark Alexander(Alexander Simon)1344741Lappin Shalom161732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830702503321Linguistic nativism and the poverty of the stimulus3984521UNINA