L. Pearl
2011
When unbiased probabilistic learning is not enough: Acquiring a parametric system of metrical phonologyPDF
Language Acquisition 18(2):87--120, 2011
Parametric systems have been proposed as models of how humans represent knowledge about language, motivated in part as a way to explain children's rapid acquisition of linguistic knowledge. Given this, it seems reasonable to examine if children with ...
2007
Input filtering in syntactic acquisition: Answers from language change modelingPDF
Language Learning and Development 3(1):43--72, 2007
We use historical change to explore whether children filter their input for language learning. Although others (eg, Rohde & Plaut, 1999) have proposed filtering based on string length, we explore two types of filters that assume richer linguistic structure. One presupposes ...