Explaining quantitative variation in the rate of Optional Infinitive errors across languages
A comparison of Mosaic and the Variational Learning Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20367129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Freudenthal (0000-0003-3915-9484, University of Liverpool, corresponding author), Julian M Pine (0000-0002-7077-9713, University of Liverpool), Julian Pine, Fernand Gobet (0000-0002-9317-6886, Brunel University of London) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 643-669 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000909990523 |
| PMID | 20334719 |
| OpenAlex | W2109934734 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 27 |
In this study, we use corpus analysis and computational modelling techniques to compare two recent accounts of the OI stage: Legate & Yang's (2007) Variational Learning Model and Freudenthal, Pine & Gobet's (2006) Model of Syntax Acquisition in Children. We first assess the extent to which each of these accounts can explain the level of OI errors across five different languages (English, Dutch, German, French and Spanish). We then differentiate between the two accounts by testing their predictions about the relation between children's OI errors and the distribution of infinitival verb forms in the input language. We conclude that, although both accounts fit the cross-linguistic patterning of OI errors reasonably well, only MOSAIC is able to explain why verbs that occur more frequently as infinitives than as finite verb forms in the input also occur more frequently as OI errors than as correct finite verb forms in the children's output
German · Infinitive · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mosaic · Natural language processing · Physics · Syntax · Verb · Computer Science · History · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Artificial Intelligence
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Interface Delay
First language development
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The development of constructions from the right edge
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Authors' response
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Optionality of finiteness
Optional opacity
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The input–output relationship in first language acquisition
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Prosodically-conditioned variability in children's production of French determiners
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Learning different regularities
Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language
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Language Learnability and Language Development
The Acquisition of Morphophonology
Very early parameter setting and the unique checking constraint
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Mayan Telegraphese
| Unique citing works | 29 |
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| Citations per year | 1,81 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |