Redlington, Martin, Chater, Nick and Finch, Steven (1998) Distributional information : A powerful cue for acquiring syntactic categories. Cognitive Science, 22 (4). pp. 425-469. doi:10.1207/s15516709cog2204_2

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Abstract

Many theorists have dismissed a priori the idea that distributional information could play a significant role in syntactic category acquisition. We demonstrate empirically that such information provides a powerful cue to syntactic category membership, which can be exploited by a variety of simple, psychologically plausible mechanisms. We present a range of results using a large corpus of child-directed speech and explore their psychological implications. While our results show that a considerable amount of information concerning the syntactic categories can be obtained from distributional information alone, we stress that many other sources of information may also be potential contributors to the identification of syntactic classes.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Cognitive Science
Publisher:	Psychology Press
ISSN:	0364-0213
Official Date:	October 1998
Dates:	Date Event October 1998 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	22
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	45
Page Range:	pp. 425-469
DOI:	10.1207/s15516709cog2204_2
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published

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