Harvard LangCog
Athulya Arvind (MIT)
Title: Alternatives in word learning
Abstract: The meaning and use of a linguistic expression S is often determined in part by properties of its alternatives, unpronounced linguistic objects that relate in specific ways to S. In this talk, I will discuss two case studies illustrating how alternative-sensitive computations interact with lexical acquisition. First, I will offer a new theory of the...
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