Ryan Compton
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 248536 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ryan Compton |
| PRENOMES | Ryan |
| SOBRENOME | Compton |
| ASSINATURA | COMPTON R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3401-4772 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1919 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
On the structure of (personal) pronouns in Inuktut
This article examines the internal structure of personal pronouns in Inuktut. Building on previous work on syntactic variation and universals in personal pronoun systems (Harley and Ritter 2002, Ghomeshi and Massam 2020) and drawing on arguments that these and demonstrative pronouns are structurally complex (Déchaine and Wiltschko 2002, Leu 2015), it is argued that Inuktut pronouns are morphosyntactically complex, with exponents realizing multipl…
Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration
How predictable are life trajectories? We investigated this question with a scientific mass collaboration using the common task method; 160 teams built predictive models for six life outcomes using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a high-quality birth cohort study. Despite using a rich dataset and applying machine-learning methods optimized for prediction, the best predictions were not very accurate and were only slightly…
Person complementarity and (pseudo) Person Case Constraint effects
This paper examines the nature of person complementarity in Eastern Canadian Inuktitut (Eskimo-Aleut), arguing that despite its apparent patterning as a Person Case Constraint (PCC) effect, it is not due to the presence of a defective intervener blocking person agreement with a lower argument, as is often the case in other languages. Instead, the observed effect is caused by a defective or missing person probe on C that cannot value local person …
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge
Sociological research typically involves exploring theoretical relationships, but the emergence of 'big data' enables alternative approaches. This work shows the promise of data-driven machine-learning techniques involving feature engineering and predictive model optimization to address a sociological data challenge. The author's group develops improved generalizable models to identify at-risk families. Principal-components analysis and decision …
Palatalization and “strong i ” across Inuit dialects
Inuit dialects with palatalization all distinguish between “strong i ” and “weak i ”: instances of surface [i] that cause palatalization and those that do not, respectively. All dialects that have completely lost this contrast also lack palatalization. Why are there no /i, a, u/ dialects in which all instances of surface [i] trigger palatalization? We propose that this typological gap can be explained using a contrastivist analysis whereby only c…
Word-formation by phase in Inuit
String Figures from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
Word-formation by phase in Inuit
String Figures from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge
Sociological research typically involves exploring theoretical relationships, but the emergence of 'big data' enables alternative approaches. This work shows the promise of data-driven machine-learning techniques involving feature engineering and predictive model optimization to address a sociological data challenge. The author's group develops improved generalizable models to identify at-risk families. Principal-components analysis and decision …
String Figures from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
Word-formation by phase in Inuit
Palatalization and “strong i ” across Inuit dialects
Inuit dialects with palatalization all distinguish between “strong i ” and “weak i ”: instances of surface [i] that cause palatalization and those that do not, respectively. All dialects that have completely lost this contrast also lack palatalization. Why are there no /i, a, u/ dialects in which all instances of surface [i] trigger palatalization? We propose that this typological gap can be explained using a contrastivist analysis whereby only c…
Person complementarity and (pseudo) Person Case Constraint effects
This paper examines the nature of person complementarity in Eastern Canadian Inuktitut (Eskimo-Aleut), arguing that despite its apparent patterning as a Person Case Constraint (PCC) effect, it is not due to the presence of a defective intervener blocking person agreement with a lower argument, as is often the case in other languages. Instead, the observed effect is caused by a defective or missing person probe on C that cannot value local person …
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge
Sociological research typically involves exploring theoretical relationships, but the emergence of 'big data' enables alternative approaches. This work shows the promise of data-driven machine-learning techniques involving feature engineering and predictive model optimization to address a sociological data challenge. The author's group develops improved generalizable models to identify at-risk families. Principal-components analysis and decision …
Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration
How predictable are life trajectories? We investigated this question with a scientific mass collaboration using the common task method; 160 teams built predictive models for six life outcomes using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a high-quality birth cohort study. Despite using a rich dataset and applying machine-learning methods optimized for prediction, the best predictions were not very accurate and were only slightly…
On the structure of (personal) pronouns in Inuktut
This article examines the internal structure of personal pronouns in Inuktut. Building on previous work on syntactic variation and universals in personal pronoun systems (Harley and Ritter 2002, Ghomeshi and Massam 2020) and drawing on arguments that these and demonstrative pronouns are structurally complex (Déchaine and Wiltschko 2002, Leu 2015), it is argued that Inuktut pronouns are morphosyntactically complex, with exponents realizing multipl…
Mathematics (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Linguistics (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Statistics (3 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (2 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (2 obras) · Geography (2 obras)