Readings from previous years can be found below:
[2013-2014]
[2012-2013]
[2011-2012]
[2010-2011]
Discussed Spring 2015
Heinz, J. 2015 Manuscript. The computational nature of phonological
generalizations. University of Delaware. Please do not cite
without permission from Jeff Heinz.
Kao, J., J. Wu., L. Bergen., & N. D. Goodman. 2014. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1407479111.
Kolodny, O., Lotem, A., & Edelman, S. 2015. Learning a Generative Probabilistic Grammar of Experience: A Process-Level Model of Language Acquisition. Cognitive Science, 39, 227-267.
Reference Material to Readings
Frank, M. & Goodman, N. 2012. Predicting Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Games. Science, 336, 998.
Frank, M. & Goodman, N. 2014. Inferring word meanings by assuming that speakers are informative. Cognitive Psychology, 75, 80-96.
Goodman, N. D., & Stuhlmüller, A. 2013. Knowledge and implicature: Modeling language understanding as social cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5(1), 173-184.
Heinz, J. 2011a. Computational Phonology Part I: Foundations. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(4), 140-152.
Heinz, J. 2011b. Computational Phonology Part I: Foundations. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(4), 153-168.
Heinz, J. 2015 to appear. Computational Theories of Learning and Developmental Psycholinguistics. In Jeffrey Lidz, William Synder, and Joe Pater, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Pearl, L., & Sprouse, J. 2013. Syntactic islands and learning biases: Combining experimental syntax and computational modeling to investigate the language acquisition problem. Language Acquisition, 20(1), 23-68.
Kao, J., J. Wu., L. Bergen., & N. D. Goodman. 2014. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1407479111.
Kolodny, O., Lotem, A., & Edelman, S. 2015. Learning a Generative Probabilistic Grammar of Experience: A Process-Level Model of Language Acquisition. Cognitive Science, 39, 227-267.
Reference Material to Readings
Frank, M. & Goodman, N. 2012. Predicting Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Games. Science, 336, 998.
Frank, M. & Goodman, N. 2014. Inferring word meanings by assuming that speakers are informative. Cognitive Psychology, 75, 80-96.
Goodman, N. D., & Stuhlmüller, A. 2013. Knowledge and implicature: Modeling language understanding as social cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5(1), 173-184.
Heinz, J. 2011a. Computational Phonology Part I: Foundations. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(4), 140-152.
Heinz, J. 2011b. Computational Phonology Part I: Foundations. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(4), 153-168.
Heinz, J. 2015 to appear. Computational Theories of Learning and Developmental Psycholinguistics. In Jeffrey Lidz, William Synder, and Joe Pater, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Pearl, L., & Sprouse, J. 2013. Syntactic islands and learning biases: Combining experimental syntax and computational modeling to investigate the language acquisition problem. Language Acquisition, 20(1), 23-68.
Discussed Winter 2015
Frank, S., Goldwater, S., & Keller, F. 2013. Adding sentence types to a model of syntactic category acquisition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5(3), 495-521.
Johnson, M. 2013. Language acquisition as statistical inference. In Stephen R. Anderson and Jacques Moeschler and Fabienne Reboul, (eds.), The Language-Cognition Interface, Libraire Droz, Geneva, 109-134.
Viau, J., Lidz, J., & Musolino, J. 2010. Priming of abstract logical representations in 4-year-olds. Language Acquisition, 17(1-2), 26-50.
Yurovsky, D. & Frank, M. 2014. An Integrative Account of Constraints on Cross-Situational Learning. Manuscript, Stanford University. From here.
Reference Material to Readings
Frank, M. C., Goodman, N. D., & Tenenbaum, J. B. 2009. Using speakers' referential intentions to model early cross-situational word learning. Psychological Science, 20(5), 578-585.
Goldwater, S., & Griffiths, T. 2007. A fully Bayesian approach to unsupervised part-of-speech tagging. Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 45(1), 744--751.
Kwiatkowski, T., S. Goldwater, L. Zettlemoyer, and M. Steedman. 2012. A probabilistic model of syntactic and semantic acquisition from child-directed utterances and their meanings. Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 234-244.
Omaki, A., & Lidz, J. 2014. Linking parser development to acquisition of syntactic knowledge. Language Acquisition, 1-35.
Johnson, M. 2013. Language acquisition as statistical inference. In Stephen R. Anderson and Jacques Moeschler and Fabienne Reboul, (eds.), The Language-Cognition Interface, Libraire Droz, Geneva, 109-134.
Viau, J., Lidz, J., & Musolino, J. 2010. Priming of abstract logical representations in 4-year-olds. Language Acquisition, 17(1-2), 26-50.
Yurovsky, D. & Frank, M. 2014. An Integrative Account of Constraints on Cross-Situational Learning. Manuscript, Stanford University. From here.
Reference Material to Readings
Frank, M. C., Goodman, N. D., & Tenenbaum, J. B. 2009. Using speakers' referential intentions to model early cross-situational word learning. Psychological Science, 20(5), 578-585.
Goldwater, S., & Griffiths, T. 2007. A fully Bayesian approach to unsupervised part-of-speech tagging. Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 45(1), 744--751.
Kwiatkowski, T., S. Goldwater, L. Zettlemoyer, and M. Steedman. 2012. A probabilistic model of syntactic and semantic acquisition from child-directed utterances and their meanings. Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 234-244.
Omaki, A., & Lidz, J. 2014. Linking parser development to acquisition of syntactic knowledge. Language Acquisition, 1-35.
Discussed Fall 2014
Barak, L., Fazly, A., & Stevenson, S. 2014. Gradual Acquisition of Mental
State Meaning: A Computational Investigation. Proceedings of
the Cognitive Science Society.
Lidz, J. & Gagliardi, A. 2014 to appear. How Nature Meets Nurture: Universal Grammar and Statistical Learning. Annual Review of Linguistics.
Qing, C. & Franke, M. 2014. Meaning and Use of Gradable Adjectives: Formal Modeling Meets Empirical Data. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society.
Richie, R., Yang, C., & Coppola, M. 2014. Modeling the Emergence of Lexicons in Homesign. Topics in Cognitive Science, 6, 183-195.
Reference Material to Readings
Alishahi, A. & Stevenson, S. 2008. A Computational Model of Early Argument Structure Acquisition. Cognitive Science, 32, 789-834.
Brentari, D. & Coppola, M. 2012. What sign language creation teaches us about language. WIREs Cogn Sci. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1212
Frank, M. & Goodman, N. 2012. Predicting Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Games. Science, 336, 998.
Goodman, N. & Stulhmuller, A. 2013. Knowledge and Implicature: Modeling Language Understanding as Social Cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5, 173-184.
Omaki, A. & Lidz, J. 2014 to appear. Linking parser development to acquisition of linguistic knowledge. Language Acquisition.
Lidz, J. & Gagliardi, A. 2014 to appear. How Nature Meets Nurture: Universal Grammar and Statistical Learning. Annual Review of Linguistics.
Qing, C. & Franke, M. 2014. Meaning and Use of Gradable Adjectives: Formal Modeling Meets Empirical Data. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society.
Richie, R., Yang, C., & Coppola, M. 2014. Modeling the Emergence of Lexicons in Homesign. Topics in Cognitive Science, 6, 183-195.
Reference Material to Readings
Alishahi, A. & Stevenson, S. 2008. A Computational Model of Early Argument Structure Acquisition. Cognitive Science, 32, 789-834.
Brentari, D. & Coppola, M. 2012. What sign language creation teaches us about language. WIREs Cogn Sci. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1212
Frank, M. & Goodman, N. 2012. Predicting Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Games. Science, 336, 998.
Goodman, N. & Stulhmuller, A. 2013. Knowledge and Implicature: Modeling Language Understanding as Social Cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5, 173-184.
Omaki, A. & Lidz, J. 2014 to appear. Linking parser development to acquisition of linguistic knowledge. Language Acquisition.