The Role of Input in Shaping Linguistic Generalizations

About these Kanishka Misra lecture notes

These notes ask how the structure of a learner’s input shapes linguistic generalization. They use controlled rearing of language models to separate direct examples from indirect cues and test which constructions emerge.

• Direct and indirect positive evidence
• Indirect negative evidence and cues in input
• Controlled rearing of language models
• Adjective ordering and indirect evidence
• Dative alternation, development, and generalization