Gradual syntactic triggering
The gradient parameter hypothesis
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 21630862 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Katherine Howitt (Hunter College, City University of New York), Soumik Dey (Hunter College, City University of New York), William Gregory Sakas (Hunter College, City University of New York, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 65-96 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Language Acquisition (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1048-9223 • E-ISSN: 1532-7817 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10489223.2020.1803329 |
| OpenAlex | W3092322361 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 42 |
In this article, we propose a reconceptualization of the principles and parameters (P&P) framework. We argue that in lieu of discrete parameter values, a parameter value exists on a gradient plane that encodes a learner’s confidence that a particular parametric structure licenses the utterances in the learner’s linguistic input. Crucially, this gradient parameter hypothesis obviates the need for default parameter values. Default parameter values can be put to use effectively from the perspective of linguistic learnability but are lacking in terms of empirical and theoretical consistency. We present findings from a computational implementation of a gradient P&P learner. The findings suggest that the gradient parameter hypothesis provides the basis for a viable alternative to existing computational models of language acquisition in the classic P&P paradigm. We close with a brief discussion of how a gradient parameter space offers a path to address shortcomings that have been attributed to the P&P framework
Computer Science · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · semigroups and automata theory · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citações por ano | 1 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 1 |