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The Credit Problem in parametric stress: A probabilistic approach
In: Linguistics Department Faculty Publication Series (2021)
Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a novel domain-general, statistical learning model for P&P grammars: the Expectation Driven Parameter Learner (EDPL). We show that the EDPL provides a mathematically principled solution to the Credit Problem (Dresher 1999). We present the first systematic tests of the EDPL and an existing and closely related model, the Naïve Parameter Learner (NPL), on a full stress typology, the one generated by Dresher & Kaye’s (1990) stress parameter framework. This framework has figured prominently in the debate about the necessity of domain-specific mechanisms for learning of parametric stress. The essential difference between the two learning models is that the EDPL incorporates a mechanism that directly tackles the Credit Problem, while the NPL does not. We find that the NPL fails to cope with the ambiguity of this stress system both in terms of learning success and data complexity, while the EDPL performs well on both metrics. Based on these results, we argue that probabilistic inference provides a viable domain-general approach to parametric stress learning, but only when learning involves an inferential process that directly addresses the Credit Problem. We also present in-depth analyses of the learning outcomes, showing how learning outcomes depend crucially on the structural ambiguities posited by a particular phonological theory, and how these learning difficulties correspond to typological gaps.
Keyword: domain-general learning; learnability; phonology; Principles & Parameters; probabilistic learning; word stress
URL: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/linguist_faculty_pubs/192
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1192&context=linguist_faculty_pubs
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Modeling the Acquisition of Phonological Interactions: Biases and Generalization
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology; Proceedings of the 2020 Annual Meeting on Phonology ; 2377-3324 (2021)
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Learning syntacti parameter settings without triggers by assigning credit and blame
In: CLS 55, 2019 : proceedings of the fifty-fifth annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (2020), S. 337-350
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Preface: SCiL 2020 Editors' Note
In: Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics (2020)
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Learning Exceptionality and Variation with Lexically Scaled MaxEnt ...
Hughto, Coral; Lamont, Andrew; Prickett, Brandon. - : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2019
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Learning Exceptionality and Variation with Lexically Scaled MaxEnt
In: Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics (2019)
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Evaluating Domain-General Learning of Parametric Stress Typology
In: Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics (2019)
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Learning syntactic parameters without triggers by assigning credit and blame
In: Joe Pater (2019)
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Preface: SCiL 2019 Editors’ Note
In: Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics (2019)
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Preface: SCiL 2018 Editors’ Note
In: Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics (2018)
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Learning Parametric Stress without Domain-Specific Mechanisms
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology; Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Meeting on Phonology ; 2377-3324 (2017)
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Sonority Sequencing in Polish: the Combined Roles of Prior Bias & Experience
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology; Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Meeting on Phonology ; 2377-3324 (2017)
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Learning Opaque and Transparent Interactions in Harmonic Serialism
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology; Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Meeting on Phonology ; 2377-3324 (2016)
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Cognitive limitations impose advantageous constraints on word segmentation
In: Proceedings of the 39th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2 (Boston, 2015), p. 231-243
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Probabilistic Selection of Input in Morphophonological Acquisition
Chen, Tsung-Ying. - : University of Alberta. Department of Linguistics., 2014
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Probabilistic Selection of Input in Morphophonological Acquisition
Chen, Tsung-Ying. - : University of Alberta. Department of Linguistics., 2014
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Serial Markedness Reduction
In: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology; Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting on Phonology ; 2377-3324 (2014)
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Learning with hidden structure in Optimality Theory and Harmonic Grammar: beyond Robust Interpretive Parsing*
In: Phonology. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 30 (2013) 1, 27-71
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The Richness of Distributional Cues to Word Boundaries in Speech to Young Children
In: Language learning and development. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis 9 (2013) 2, 175-210
OLC Linguistik
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Commitment-based learning of hidden linguistic structures
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