Simplicity and the form of grammars

• Autorzy: Chomsky Noam

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15398/jlm.v9i1.257

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The goal of theory construction is explanation: for language, theory for particular languages (grammar) and for the faculty of language FoL (the innate endowment for language acquisition). A primitive notion of simplicity of grammars is number of symbols, but this is too crude. An improved measure distinguishes grammars that capture genuine properties of language from those that do not. The theory of FoL must meet the empirical conditions of learnability (under extreme poverty of stimulus), and evolvability (given the limited but not insignificant evidence available). Recent work provides promising insights into how these twin conditions may be satisfied.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

simplicity; explanation; evaluation; grammar; faculty of language; learnability; evolvability; externalization

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstaw Informatyki PAN
• Czasopismo: Journal of Language Modelling
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 9, No. 1
• Strony: 5--15
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Chomsky Noam

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).