A computational model of early argument structure acquisition

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 789-834

  Alishahi, Afra ^a   Stevenson, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argument structure constructions; Bayesian modeling; Computational modeling; First language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249130460     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210801929287     Document Type: Article

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