Does Grammar Start Where Statistics Stop?
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- 18 October 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 298 (5593) , 553-554
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1078094
Abstract
How do we acquire language? Do we identify words in a stream of speech by identifying statistical regularities or by seeking grammatical structure? A new study of adults ([Peña][1] et al .) suggests that language acquisition involves a mixture of both types of learning. But, as [Seidenberg][2] and colleagues discuss in their Perspective, distinguishing between these two types of learning presents significant challenges. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/298/5593/604 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5593/553This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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