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Language acquisition
thesis
posted on 2018-07-19, 15:04 authored by Anita ClaireThis project investigates acquisition of a new language by example. Syntax induction has
been studied widely and the more complex syntax associated with Natural Language is
difficult to induce without restrictions. Chomsky conjectured that natural languages are
restricted by a Universal Grammar. English could be used as a Universal Grammar and
Punjabi derived from it in a similar way as the acquisition of a first language. However, if
English has already been acquired then Punjabi would be induced from English as a
second language. [Continues.]
History
School
- Science
Department
- Computer Science
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en
