Learnability And The Lexicon

Author : Alan Juffs
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-08-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027285645

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Learnability and the Lexicon by Alan Juffs Pdf

This book provides a critical review of recent theories of semantics-syntax correspondences and makes new proposals for constraints on semantic structure relevant to syntax. Data from several languages are presented which suggest that semantic structure in root morphemes is subject to parametric variation which has effect across a variety of verb classes, including locatives, unaccusatives, and psych verbs.The implications for first and second language acquisition are discussed. In particular, it is suggested that different parametric settings may lead to a learnability problem if adult learners do not retain access to sensitivity to underlying semantic organization and morphological differences between languages provided by Universal Grammar. An experiment with Chinese-speaking learners of English is presented which shows that learners initially transfer L1 semantic organization to the L2, but are able to retreat from overgeneralisations and achieve native-like grammars in this area. Suggestions for further research in this rapidly developing area of theory and acquisition research are also made.

Author : Saskia Kersten
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cognitive grammar
ISBN : 9783823365860

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The Mental Lexicon and Vocabulary Learning by Saskia Kersten Pdf

Author : Craig Speelman,Kim Kirsner
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191547119

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Beyond the Learning Curve by Craig Speelman,Kim Kirsner Pdf

For years now, learning has been at the heart of research within cognitive psychology. How do we acquire new knowledge and new skills? Are the principles underlying skill acquisition unique to learning, or similar to those underlying other behaviours? Is the mental system essentially modular, or is the mental system a simple product of experience, a product that, inevitably, reflects the shape of the external world with all of its specialisms and similarities? This new book takes the view that learning is a major influence on the nature of the processes and representations that fill our minds. Throughout, the authors review and consider the areas of skill acquisition and lexical representation to illustrate the effects that practice can have on cognitive processes. They also draw parallels between theories in physical and biological domains to propose not only a new theory of mental function but also demonstrate that the mind is essentially subject to the same natural laws as the physical world. In so doing Speelman and Kirsner present a new perspective on psychology - one that identifies universal principles underlying all behaviours and one which contrasts markedly from our current focus on highly specific behaviours. Accessibly written, Beyond the Learning Curve is a thought provoking and challenging new text for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences.

Author : H. Goodluck,M. Rochemont
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401719803

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Island Constraints by H. Goodluck,M. Rochemont Pdf

constraints', which serve to block the association of antecedent to gap under specific syntactic conditions. Of the restrictions identified by Ross and others, the ones we will discuss here are the Complex NP Constraint, exemplified with a relative clause in (3b) and with a nominal complement in (4a), the Subject and wh Island Conditions (Chomsky, 1973) in (4b, c) respectively, and the Adjunct Island Condi tion (see Huang, 1982's Condition on Extraction Domain), illustrated in (4d, e). (4) (a) *John, Mary made the claim that Sally plans to recommend_ for ajob. John, Mary claimed that Sally plans to recommend _ for a job. As for John, Mary heard the rumor that Sally intends to marry him. (b) *John, an article about _just appeared in the newspaper. As for John, an article about him just appeared in the news paper. (c) *Bill, I wonder who likes_. As for Bill, I wonder who likes him. (d) *The heat, we left early because of _. As for the heat, we left early because of it. (e) *The money, I lied so that I could keep_. As for the money, I lied so that I could keep it.

Author : Lawrence A. Tomei
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607092858

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Lexicon of Online and Distance Learning by Lawrence A. Tomei Pdf

Lexicon of Online and Distance Learning, a desktop resource, focuses specifically on distance education for researchers and practitioners. It provides key information about all levels of education (that is, KD12, higher education, proprietary education, and corporate training), allowing for comprehensive coverage of the discipline of distance education. The book offers a comprehensive index of distance learning terms; cross-references to synonyms and, when appropriate, online web links to encourage further exploration. Each lexicon entry is categorized by its root terminology_general, education, technology, instructional technology, or distance education_and provides the actual definition and complete exploration of the term along with specific references that include related books, volumes, and available manuscripts.

Author : John Archibald
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027224842

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Second Language Phonology by John Archibald Pdf

This volume explores a variety of aspects of second language speech, with special focus on contributions to the field made by (primarely) generative linguists looking at the sounds and sound systems of second language learners. "Second Language Phonology" starts off with an overview of second language acquisition research in order to place the study of L2 speech in context. This introductory chapter is followed by an outline of traditional approaches to investigating interlanguage phonology. The third chapter consists of a discussion of relevant aspects of a learning theory that must be included in a treatment of how people learn sound systems. The next three chapters focus on particular aspects of the mental represenation of phonological competence; segments, syllables, and stress, respectively. The penultimate chapter deals with issues related to the mechanisms that govern the changing of interlanguage grammars over time. The volume ends with a summary of the issues raised throughout the text.

Author : Suzanne Flynn,Gita Martohardjono,Wayne O'Neil
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317780656

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The Generative Study of Second Language Acquisition by Suzanne Flynn,Gita Martohardjono,Wayne O'Neil Pdf

The vast majority of work in theoretical linguistics from a generative perspective is based on first language acquisition and performance. The vast majority of work on second language acquisition is carried out by scholars and educators working within approaches other than that of generative linguistics. In this volume, this gap is bridged as leading generative linguists apply their intellectual and disciplinary skills to issues in second language acquisition. The results will be of interest to all those who study second language acquisition, regardless of their theoretical perspective, and all generative linguists, regardless of the topics on which they work.

Author : Carmel Mesiti,Michèle Artigue,Hilary Hollingsworth,Yiming Cao,David Clarke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000369779

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Teachers Talking about their Classrooms by Carmel Mesiti,Michèle Artigue,Hilary Hollingsworth,Yiming Cao,David Clarke Pdf

Different communities, speaking different languages, employ different naming systems to describe the events, actions, and interactions of the mathematics classroom. The International Classroom Lexicon Project documented the professional vocabulary available to middle-school mathematics teachers in Australia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United States. National teams of researchers and experienced teachers used a common set of classroom videos to stimulate recognition of familiar terms describing aspects of the mathematics classroom. This book details the existing professional vocabulary in each international community by which mathematics teachers conceptualise their practice, and explores the characteristics, structures, and distinctive features of each national lexicon. This book has the potential to enrich the professional vocabulary of mathematics teachers around the world by providing access to sophisticated classroom practices named by teachers in different countries. This one volume offers separate, individual lexicons developed from empirical research, the capacity to juxtapose such lexicons, and an unmatched opportunity to highlight the cultural, historical, and linguistic bases of teachers' professional language.

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262314282

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Learnability and Cognition, new edition by Steven Pinker Pdf

A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, "The Secret Life of Verbs." Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become classics in cognitive science. Learnability and Cognition, first published in 1989, brought together two big topics: how do children learn their mother tongue, and how does the mind represent basic categories of meaning such as space, time, causality, agency, and goals? The stage for this synthesis was set by the fact that when children learn a language, they come to make surprisingly subtle distinctions: pour water into the glass and fill the glass with water sound natural, but pour the glass with water and fill water into the glass sound odd. How can this happen, given that children are not reliably corrected for uttering odd sentences, and they don't just parrot back the correct ones they hear from their parents? Pinker resolves this paradox with a theory of how children acquire the meaning and uses of verbs, and explores that theory's implications for language, thought, and the relationship between them. As Pinker writes in a new preface, "The Secret Life of Verbs," the phenomena and ideas he explored in this book inspired his 2007 bestseller The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. These technical discussions, he notes, provide insight not just into language acquisition but into literary metaphor, scientific understanding, political discourse, and even the conceptions of sexuality that go into obscenity.

Author : Joe Barcroft
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027268051

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Lexical Input Processing and Vocabulary Learning by Joe Barcroft Pdf

This book focuses on theory, research, and practice related to lexical input processing (lex-IP), an exciting field exploring how learners allocate their limited processing resources when exposed to words and lexical phrases in the input. Unit 1 specifies parameters of lex-IP research among other levels of input processing as well as key components (form, meaning, mapping) and contexts (incidental/intentional) of vocabulary learning. Unit 2 highlights theoretical advances, such as the type of processing – resource allocation (TOPRA) model, consistent with research on tasks (sentence writing, word copying, word retrieval) that learners may perform during vocabulary learning. Unit 3 highlights patterns in partial word form learning and input-based effects, including the value of increased exposure, drawbacks of presenting vocabulary in semantic sets, and advantages of input enhancement, particularly with regard to increasing talker, speaking-style, and speaking-rate variability in spoken input. The book unifies a range of research pertinent to lex-IP, summarizes theoretical and instructional implications, and proposes intriguing new directions for future research.

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780674042179

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Language Learnability and Language Development by Steven Pinker Pdf

In this influential study, Steven Pinker develops a new approach to the problem of language learning. Now reprinted with new commentary by the author, this classic work continues to be an indispensable resource in developmental psycholinguistics.

Author : Marcel Schlechtweg
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110695113

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The Learnability of Complex Constructions by Marcel Schlechtweg Pdf

How language users from different linguistic backgrounds cope with forms of complexity is still a territory with many unanswered questions. The current book is concerned with morphologically and syntactically complex items, that is, derivatives, inflected forms, compounds, phrases and forms related by agreement and examines how these constructions are acquired and learned in a great range of different languages, such as Turkish, Welsh, Basque and Catalan. Relying on a variety of methodologies targeting production or comprehension, among others, lexical decision and priming experiments, an EEG study, a corpus analysis and a reading test, the authors consider data from native speakers mastering one or more languages and second-language users. Overall, the volume reflects upon and contributes to our understanding of how the pecularities of language and its users affect the learnability of complex forms.

Author : Matthew Turk,Gang Hua
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781608452422

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Vision-Based Interaction by Matthew Turk,Gang Hua Pdf

In its early years, the field of computer vision was largely motivated by researchers seeking computational models of biological vision and solutions to practical problems in manufacturing, defense, and medicine. For the past two decades or so, there has been an increasing interest in computer vision as an input modality in the context of human-computer interaction. Such vision-based interaction can endow interactive systems with visual capabilities similar to those important to human-human interaction, in order to perceive non-verbal cues and incorporate this information in applications such as interactive gaming, visualization, art installations, intelligent agent interaction, and various kinds of command and control tasks. Enabling this kind of rich, visual and multimodal interaction requires interactive-time solutions to problems such as detecting and recognizing faces and facial expressions, determining a person's direction of gaze and focus of attention, tracking movement of the body, and recognizing various kinds of gestures. In building technologies for vision-based interaction, there are choices to be made as to the range of possible sensors employed (e.g., single camera, stereo rig, depth camera), the precision and granularity of the desired outputs, the mobility of the solution, usability issues, etc. Practical considerations dictate that there is not a one-size-fits-all solution to the variety of interaction scenarios; however, there are principles and methodological approaches common to a wide range of problems in the domain. While new sensors such as the Microsoft Kinect are having a major influence on the research and practice of vision-based interaction in various settings, they are just a starting point for continued progress in the area. In this book, we discuss the landscape of history, opportunities, and challenges in this area of vision-based interaction; we review the state-of-the-art and seminal works in detecting and recognizing the human body and its components; we explore both static and dynamic approaches to "looking at people" vision problems; and we place the computer vision work in the context of other modalities and multimodal applications. Readers should gain a thorough understanding of current and future possibilities of computer vision technologies in the context of human-computer interaction.

Author : Diana Apoussidou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Generative grammar
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114844512

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The Learnability of Metrical Phonology by Diana Apoussidou Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Applied linguistics
ISBN : UCBK:C098777991

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Applied Language Learning by Anonim Pdf