Learnability and Linguistic Theory

The impetus for this volume developed from the 1982 University of Western Ontario Learnability Workshop, which was organized by the editors and sponsored by that University's Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Cognitive Science. The volume e~plores the import of learnability theory for...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Matthews, R.J. (Editor), Demopoulos, William (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1989, 1989
Edition:1st ed. 1989
Series:Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Learnability and Linguistic Theory
  • Learning Theory and Natural Language
  • The Plausibility of Rationalism
  • On Applying Learnability Theory to the Rationalism-Empiricism Controversy
  • On Certain Substitutes for Negative Data
  • Markedness and Language Development
  • Learning the Periphery
  • Some Problems in the Parametric Analysis of Learnability
  • From Cognition to Thematic Roles: The Projection Principle as an Acquisition Mechanism
  • List of Contributors
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects