A language learning model for finite parameter spaces

Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 161-193

  Niyogi, Partha ^a   Berwick, Robert C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MARKOV CHAINS; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030253104     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0277(96)00718-4     Document Type: Article

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