Acquisition of aspect in self-organizing connectionist models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3989592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiaowei Zhao (0000-0002-2313-8083, University of Richmond), Ping Li (0000-0002-0813-0980) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling.2009.038 |
| OpenAlex | W2167433478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
Two connectionist networks, DISLEX and DevLex-II, were used in this study to model the acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect. Both models use multi-layered self-organizing feature maps, connected by associative links trained according to the Hebbian learning rule. Previous empirical research has identified a strong association between lexical aspect and grammatical aspect in child language, on the basis of which some researchers argue for innate semantic categories or prelinguistic predispositions. Our simulations indicate that such an association can emerge from dynamic self-organization and Hebbian learning in connectionist networks, without the need of a priori assumptions about the structure of innate knowledge. Our modeling results further attest to the utility of self-organizing neural networks in the study of language acquisition
Artificial neural network · Association (psychology) · Associative learning · Associative property · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Connectionism · Feature (linguistics) · Hebbian theory · Language acquisition · Leabra · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Self-organizing map · Semantic network · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Speech and dialogue systems
The Parameter of Aspect
The Acquisition of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect
The emergence of competing modules in bilingualism
Lexical development norms for young children
The Structural Sources of Verb Meanings
The language bioprogram hypothesis
On the overgeneralization of progressive marking on stative verbs
Is the English present progressive unique
Morphological cues to verb meaning
The emergence of tense-aspect morphology in Japanese
The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect in Chinese
On the overgeneralization of progressive marking on stative verbs
Aspect and Assertion in Mandarin Chinese
Subsymbolic Natural Language Processing
Verbs and Times
Children use syntax to learn verb meanings
A Theory of Aspectual Choice
Semantics of Verbs and the Development of Verb Inflection in Child Language
The Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |