Paradigm-based approaches to word processing/learning assume that word forms are not acquired in isolation, but through associative relations linking members of the same word family (e.g. a paradigm, or a set of forms filling the same paradigm cell). Principles of correlative learning offer a set of dynamic equations that are key to modelling this complex dynamic at a considerable level of detail. We use these dynamic equations to simulate acquisition of Modern Greek conjugation, and we compare the results with evidence from German and Italian. Simulations show that different Greek verb classes are processed and acquired differentially, depending on their degrees of formal transparency and predictability. We relate these results to psycholinguistic evidence on Modern Greek word processing, and interpret our findings as supporting a view of the mental lexicon as an emergent integrative system.
Secondo l'approccio paradigmatico allo studio dell'elaborazione e dell'apprendimento lessicali, le parole di una lingua non sono acquisite in isolamento, ma at-traverso legami associativi tra membri della stessa famiglia morfologica, la cui dinamica è modellata dalle equazioni dell'apprendimento correlativo. Il presente contributo offre una serie di esperimenti nei quali l'apprendimento del sistema verbale del greco moderno è simulato come un processo di auto-organizzazione dinamica di parole memorizzate in modo concorrente. I risultati mostrano chiari effetti di interazione dinamica tra trasparenza e regolarità morfologica nell'acquisizione di classi di forme del verbo greco.
Reassessing inflectional regularity in Modern Greek conjugation
Marzi Claudia;Ferro Marcello;Cardillo Franco Alberto;Pirrelli Vito
2016
Abstract
Paradigm-based approaches to word processing/learning assume that word forms are not acquired in isolation, but through associative relations linking members of the same word family (e.g. a paradigm, or a set of forms filling the same paradigm cell). Principles of correlative learning offer a set of dynamic equations that are key to modelling this complex dynamic at a considerable level of detail. We use these dynamic equations to simulate acquisition of Modern Greek conjugation, and we compare the results with evidence from German and Italian. Simulations show that different Greek verb classes are processed and acquired differentially, depending on their degrees of formal transparency and predictability. We relate these results to psycholinguistic evidence on Modern Greek word processing, and interpret our findings as supporting a view of the mental lexicon as an emergent integrative system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.