Language Acquisition and the Discovery of Phrase Structure.

Wolff, J. Gerard

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Publication Date: 1980

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Language Acquisition and the Discovery of Phrase Structure.

Wolff, J. Gerard

Language and Speech, v23 n3 p255-69 Jul-Sep 1980

Reports part of a continuing project to develop a theory of children's first-language acquisition using computer modeling techniques. Notes the correspondence of structures formed by the computer program with recognized structures in English. Discusses anomalies in the program's performance. (RL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Computer Oriented Programs, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Phrase Structure, Programing, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Surface Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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