Readings from previous years can be found below:
[2014-2015]
[2013-2014]
[2012-2013]
[2011-2012]
[2010-2011]
Discussed Spring 2016
Moscati, V., & Crain, S. 2014. When negation and epistemic modality combine: The role of information strength in child language. Language Learning and Development, 10(4), 345-380.
Snedeker, J., & Huang, Y. (in press). Sentence Processing. To appear in E. Bavin and L. Naigles (Eds.), The Handbook of Child Language, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Wellwood, A., Gagliardi, A., & Lidz, J. 2016. Syntactic and lexical inference in the acquisition of novel superlatives. Language Learning and Development, 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2015.1052878.
Yang, C. Rage against the Machine: Evaluation Metrics in the 21st Century. To appear in Language Acquisition's special issue on the 50th anniversary of Aspects of Theory of Syntax.
Reference Material to Readings
Gualmini, A., & Schwarz, B. 2009. Solving learnability problems in the acquisition of semantics. Journal of Semantics, 26(2), 185-215.
Snedeker, J. 2013. Children's Sentence Processing. In van Gompel (ed), Sentence Processing. New York, New York: Psychology Press. pp. 189-220.
Yang, C. 2005. On productivity. Linguistic variation yearbook, 5(1), 265-302.
Yang, C. 2015. Negative knowledge from positive evidence. Language, 91(4), 938-953.
Snedeker, J., & Huang, Y. (in press). Sentence Processing. To appear in E. Bavin and L. Naigles (Eds.), The Handbook of Child Language, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Wellwood, A., Gagliardi, A., & Lidz, J. 2016. Syntactic and lexical inference in the acquisition of novel superlatives. Language Learning and Development, 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2015.1052878.
Yang, C. Rage against the Machine: Evaluation Metrics in the 21st Century. To appear in Language Acquisition's special issue on the 50th anniversary of Aspects of Theory of Syntax.
Reference Material to Readings
Gualmini, A., & Schwarz, B. 2009. Solving learnability problems in the acquisition of semantics. Journal of Semantics, 26(2), 185-215.
Snedeker, J. 2013. Children's Sentence Processing. In van Gompel (ed), Sentence Processing. New York, New York: Psychology Press. pp. 189-220.
Yang, C. 2005. On productivity. Linguistic variation yearbook, 5(1), 265-302.
Yang, C. 2015. Negative knowledge from positive evidence. Language, 91(4), 938-953.
Discussed Winter 2016
Goldberg, Adele & Jeremy Boyd. 2015. A-adjectives, statistical
preemption, and the evidence: Reply to Yang (2015). Language,
91(4), e184-e197.
Gutman, Ariel, Isabelle Dautriche, Benoit Crabbe, & Anne Christophe 2015. Bootstrapping the Syntactic Bootstrapper: Probabilistic Labeling of Prosodic Phrases, Language Acquisition, 22(3), 285-309.
van Schijndel, Marten and Micha Elsner. 2014. Bootstrapping into filler-gap: An acquisition story. Proceedings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).
Yang, C. 2015. Negative knowledge from positive evidence. Language, 91(4), 938-953.
Reference Material to Readings
Connor, M., Fisher, C., & Roth, D. 2013. Starting from scratch in semantic role labeling: Early indirect supervision. Cognitive aspects of computational language acquisition, 257-296. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Connor, M., Gertner, Y., Fisher, C., & Roth, D. 2010. Starting from scratch in semantic role labeling. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 989-998.
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.
Yang, C. 2013. Ontogeny and phylogeny of language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(16), 6324-6327.
Yang, C. 2015. Negative knowledge from positive evidence. Language, 91(4), 938-953.
Gutman, Ariel, Isabelle Dautriche, Benoit Crabbe, & Anne Christophe 2015. Bootstrapping the Syntactic Bootstrapper: Probabilistic Labeling of Prosodic Phrases, Language Acquisition, 22(3), 285-309.
van Schijndel, Marten and Micha Elsner. 2014. Bootstrapping into filler-gap: An acquisition story. Proceedings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).
Yang, C. 2015. Negative knowledge from positive evidence. Language, 91(4), 938-953.
Reference Material to Readings
Connor, M., Fisher, C., & Roth, D. 2013. Starting from scratch in semantic role labeling: Early indirect supervision. Cognitive aspects of computational language acquisition, 257-296. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Connor, M., Gertner, Y., Fisher, C., & Roth, D. 2010. Starting from scratch in semantic role labeling. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 989-998.
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.
Yang, C. 2013. Ontogeny and phylogeny of language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(16), 6324-6327.
Yang, C. 2015. Negative knowledge from positive evidence. Language, 91(4), 938-953.
Discussed Fall 2015
Braginsky, M., Yurovsky, D., Marchman, V. A., & Frank,
M. C. 2015. Developmental Changes in the Relationship Between
Grammar and the Lexicon. In Proceedings of the
Cognitive Science Society.
Meylan, S. C., & Griffiths, T. L. 2015. A Bayesian Framework for Learning Words From Multiword Utterances. In Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society.
Morley, R. 2015. Can phonological universals be emergent?: Modeling the space of sound change, lexical distribution, and hypothesis selection. Language, 91 (2), e40-e70.
Pietroski, P. In press. Vocabulary Matters. MITWPL volume (edited by Angel Gallego and Dennis Ott) celebrating the 50th anniversary of Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Downloaded from here.
Reference Material to Readings
Berwick, R. C., Pietroski, P., Yankama, B., & Chomsky, N. 2011. Poverty of the stimulus revisited. Cognitive Science, 35(7), 1207-1242.
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.
Gagliardi, A., Bennett, E., Lidz, J., & Feldman, N. H. 2012. Children's inferences in generalizing novel nouns and adjectives. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 354-359).
Hayes, B., & Wilson, C. 2008. A maximum entropy model of phonotactics and phonotactic learning. Linguistic Inquiry, 39(3), 379-440.
Pearl, L. S. 2011. When unbiased probabilistic learning is not enough: Acquiring a parametric system of metrical phonology. Language Acquisition, 18(2), 87-120.
Xu, F., & Tenenbaum, J. B. 2007. Word learning as Bayesian inference. Psychological Review, 114(2), 245.
Meylan, S. C., & Griffiths, T. L. 2015. A Bayesian Framework for Learning Words From Multiword Utterances. In Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society.
Morley, R. 2015. Can phonological universals be emergent?: Modeling the space of sound change, lexical distribution, and hypothesis selection. Language, 91 (2), e40-e70.
Pietroski, P. In press. Vocabulary Matters. MITWPL volume (edited by Angel Gallego and Dennis Ott) celebrating the 50th anniversary of Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Downloaded from here.
Reference Material to Readings
Berwick, R. C., Pietroski, P., Yankama, B., & Chomsky, N. 2011. Poverty of the stimulus revisited. Cognitive Science, 35(7), 1207-1242.
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.
Gagliardi, A., Bennett, E., Lidz, J., & Feldman, N. H. 2012. Children's inferences in generalizing novel nouns and adjectives. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 354-359).
Hayes, B., & Wilson, C. 2008. A maximum entropy model of phonotactics and phonotactic learning. Linguistic Inquiry, 39(3), 379-440.
Pearl, L. S. 2011. When unbiased probabilistic learning is not enough: Acquiring a parametric system of metrical phonology. Language Acquisition, 18(2), 87-120.
Xu, F., & Tenenbaum, J. B. 2007. Word learning as Bayesian inference. Psychological Review, 114(2), 245.