Thomas , M . S . C . ( 2010 ) Language acquisition in developmental disorders

Simulating Developmental Patterns in the Cross-linguistic Acquisition of Inflectional Morphology

We present a connectionist model of a general system for producing inflected words. The Multiple Inflection Generator (MIG) combines elements of several previous models (e.g., multiple inflections for a grammatical class: Hoeffner & McClelland, 1993; lexical-semantic input: Joanisse & Seidenberg, 1999; multiple grammatical classes: Plunkett & Juola, 1999). MIG assumes that the goal of this comp...

Language acquisition in developmental disorders

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Modelling language acquisition in atypical phenotypes

An increasing number of connectionist models have been proposed to explain behavioural deficits in developmental disorders. These simulations motivate serious consideration of the theoretical implications of the claim that a developmental disorder fits within the parameter space of a particular computational model. We examine these issues in depth with respect to a series of new simulations inv...

Computational constraints on language development: Insights from developmental disorders

Modeling language acquisition in atypical phenotypes.

An increasing number of connectionist models have been proposed to explain behavioral deficits in developmental disorders. These simulations motivate serious consideration of the theoretical implications of the claim that a developmental disorder fits within the parameter space of a particular computational model of normal development. The authors examine these issues in depth with respect to a...