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ERIC Number: EJ370547
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A Program That Acquires Language Using Positive and Negative Feedback.
Brand, James
CALICO Journal, v5 n1 p15-31 Sep 1987
Describes the language learning program "Acquire," which is a sample of grammar induction. It is a learning algorithm based on a pattern-matching scheme, using both a positive and negative network to reduce overgeneration. Language learning programs may be useful as tutorials for learning the syntax of a foreign language. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Grammatical Acceptability, Induction, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Models, Pattern Recognition, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Syntax
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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