Learning grammar with a divide-and-concur neural network [PDF]
We implement a divide-and-concur iterative projection approach to context-free grammar inference. Unlike most state-of-the-art models of natural language processing, our method requires a relatively small number of discrete parameters, making the inferred grammar directly interpretable -- one can read off from a solution how to construct grammatically ...
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This is an attempt to explain and justify some transformational constraints that are more often than not treated as syntactic conditions. There is a whole range of data that is not accounted for by Ross' original formulation of the constraints.
Oh, Choon-Kyu
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Previous approaches to the passive development from a reflexive marking focus on how the former is similar to the latter semantically and syntactically. I show that the passive evolution is better understood by looking at the internal procedures that the
Sohn, Joong-Sun
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More than one way to see it: Individual heuristics in avian visual computation [PDF]
Comparative pattern learning experiments investigate how different species find regularities in sensory input, providing insights into cognitive processing in humans and other animals.
Aust, U.+4 more
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Merging two Hierarchies of Internal Contextual Grammars with Subregular Selection [PDF]
In this paper, we continue the research on the power of contextual grammars with selection languages from subfamilies of the family of regular languages. In the past, two independent hierarchies have been obtained for external and internal contextual grammars, one based on selection languages defined by structural properties (finite, monoidal ...
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Between the historical languages and the reconstructed language : an alternative approach to the Gerundive + “Dative of Agent” construction in Indo-European [PDF]
It is argued by Hettrich (1990) that the “dative of agent” construction in the Indo-European languages most likely continues a construction inherited from Proto-Indo-European.
Barddal, Johanna+2 more
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Preliminary experiments on human sensitivity to rhythmic structure in a grammar with recursive self-similarity [PDF]
We present the first rhythm detection experiment using a Lindenmayer grammar, a self-similar recursive grammar shown previously to be learnable by adults using speech stimuli.
Geambaşu , A.+2 more
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A Cyclic Approach to Simple Cliticization
: A sentence such as “I am going to find the store” may be reduced to “I[ma] find the store.” This reduction consists of a reduction of the auxiliary, changing “I am” to “I'm,” and an adjunction of infinitival to onto going to derive “gonna.” From there,
Huckabay, Hunter
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Ergativity and depth of analysis [PDF]
In this paper, I argue that “depth of analysis” does not deserve the prestige that it is sometimes given in general linguistics. While language description should certainly be as detailed as possible, general linguistics must rely on worldwide comparison
Haspelmath, M.
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION BETWEEN USING GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD AND DIRECT METHOD AT THE THIRD GRADE OF MTsN 2 CIREBON [PDF]
NENENG NURAENI : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION BETWEEN USING GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD AND DIRECT METHOD AT THE THIRD GRADE OF MTsN 2 CIREBON. The objective of language teaching is to communicate among the
NENENG NURAENI,
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