Readings from previous years can be found below:
2010-2011
Discussed Spring 2012
Bouchard, D. (2012). Solving the UG Problem. Biolinguistics, 6(1), 1-31.
Crain, S. & Thornton, R. (2012). Syntax acquisition. WIREs Cogn Sci, doi: 10.1002/wcs.1158.
Perfors, A., Tenenbaum, J., & Regier, T. (2011). The learnability of abstract syntactic principles. Cognition, 118, 306-338.
Sondregger, M. & Niyogi, P. (2010). Combining data and mathematical models of language change. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 1019-1029.
Reference Material to Readings
Berwick, R., Pietroski, P., Yankama, B., & Chomsky, N. (2011). Poverty of the Stimulus revisited. Cognitive Science 35, 1207-1242.
Crain, S., Goro, T., & Thornton, R. (2006). Language Acquisition is Language Change.Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 35(1), 31-49.
Niyogi, P. & Berwick, R. (1996). A language learning model for finite parameter spaces. Cognition, 61(1-2), 161-193.
Crain, S. & Thornton, R. (2012). Syntax acquisition. WIREs Cogn Sci, doi: 10.1002/wcs.1158.
Perfors, A., Tenenbaum, J., & Regier, T. (2011). The learnability of abstract syntactic principles. Cognition, 118, 306-338.
Sondregger, M. & Niyogi, P. (2010). Combining data and mathematical models of language change. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 1019-1029.
Reference Material to Readings
Berwick, R., Pietroski, P., Yankama, B., & Chomsky, N. (2011). Poverty of the Stimulus revisited. Cognitive Science 35, 1207-1242.
Crain, S., Goro, T., & Thornton, R. (2006). Language Acquisition is Language Change.Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 35(1), 31-49.
Niyogi, P. & Berwick, R. (1996). A language learning model for finite parameter spaces. Cognition, 61(1-2), 161-193.
Discussed Winter 2012
Daland, R. & Pierrehumbert, J. (2011). Learning Diphone-Based Segmentation. Cognitive Science, 35, 119-155.
O'Donnell, T.J., Snedeker, J., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Goodman, N.D. (2011). Productivity and reuse in language. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.Boston, MA.
Waterfall, H., Sandbank, B., Onnis, L., & Edelman, S. (2010). An empirical generative framework for computational modeling of language acquisition. Journal of Child Language, 37, 671-703.
Yang, C. (2010 Ms.) Who's Afraid of George Kingsley Zipf? Unpublished Manuscript, Universty of Pennsylvania.
Reference Material to Readings
O'Donnell, T., Goodman, N., & Tenenbaum, J. (2009). Fragment Grammars: Exploring Computation and Reuse in Language. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report MIT-CSAIL-TR-2009-013.
Yang, C. (2011). A Statistical Test for Grammar. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics, 30-38.
O'Donnell, T.J., Snedeker, J., Tenenbaum, J.B., & Goodman, N.D. (2011). Productivity and reuse in language. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.Boston, MA.
Waterfall, H., Sandbank, B., Onnis, L., & Edelman, S. (2010). An empirical generative framework for computational modeling of language acquisition. Journal of Child Language, 37, 671-703.
Yang, C. (2010 Ms.) Who's Afraid of George Kingsley Zipf? Unpublished Manuscript, Universty of Pennsylvania.
Reference Material to Readings
O'Donnell, T., Goodman, N., & Tenenbaum, J. (2009). Fragment Grammars: Exploring Computation and Reuse in Language. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report MIT-CSAIL-TR-2009-013.
Yang, C. (2011). A Statistical Test for Grammar. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics, 30-38.
Discussed Fall 2011
Alishahi, A. & Pyykkonen, P. (2011). The onset of syntactic bootstrapping in word learning: Evidence from a computational study. Proceedings of the 33nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston.
Dillon, B., Dunbar, E., & Idsardi, B. (2011 ms). A single stage approach to learning phonological categories: Insights from Inuktitut. University of Maryland, College Park and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dunbar, E., Dillon, B., & Idsardi, W. (2010 ms) A Bayesian Evaluation of the Cost of Abstractness. University of Maryland, College Park and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Mitchener, G. & Becker, M. (2011). Computational Models of Learning the Raising-Control Distinction. Research on Language and Computation, 8(2), 169-207.
Reference Material to Readings
Alishahi, A. & Stevenson, S. (2008). A Computational Model of Early Argument Structure Acquisition. Cognitive Science, 32, 789-834.
Fazly, A., Alishahi, A., & Stevenson, S. (2010). A probabilistic computational model of cross-situational word learning. Cognitive Science, 34(6), 1017–1063.
Feldman, N., Griffiths, T., and Morgan, J. (2009). Learning phonetic categories by learning a lexicon. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Cognitive Science.
Dillon, B., Dunbar, E., & Idsardi, B. (2011 ms). A single stage approach to learning phonological categories: Insights from Inuktitut. University of Maryland, College Park and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dunbar, E., Dillon, B., & Idsardi, W. (2010 ms) A Bayesian Evaluation of the Cost of Abstractness. University of Maryland, College Park and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Mitchener, G. & Becker, M. (2011). Computational Models of Learning the Raising-Control Distinction. Research on Language and Computation, 8(2), 169-207.
Reference Material to Readings
Alishahi, A. & Stevenson, S. (2008). A Computational Model of Early Argument Structure Acquisition. Cognitive Science, 32, 789-834.
Fazly, A., Alishahi, A., & Stevenson, S. (2010). A probabilistic computational model of cross-situational word learning. Cognitive Science, 34(6), 1017–1063.
Feldman, N., Griffiths, T., and Morgan, J. (2009). Learning phonetic categories by learning a lexicon. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Cognitive Science.