Parsimony and the Lexicon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2865411 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Macnamara (0000-0003-1387-3882, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 359 |
| Publication date | 1971-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/412085 |
| OpenAlex | W2333237018 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 8 |
Two systems which attempt to describe the structure of the English lexicon have been presented by Katz, Fodor, and Postal (hereafter KFP) and by Quillian. It is argued that the KFP model fails because it mistakenly aims at parsimonious storage of information in the lexicon, and that Quillian's fails because it carries insufficient information and places inadequate limits on the recall of information. What is needed, then, is a lexicon which provides for almost unlimited information storage, but permits parsimonious recall
Epistemology · Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Occam's razor · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy
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Accounting for semantic change
The subjective organization of some Zapotec verbs1
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 1990 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |