Is grammatical competence probabilistic?

Lundi 21 Octobre 2013, 16:00 to 18:00
Invité: 
Joan Bresnan (Université de Stanford, invitée LabEx EFL)
Organisation: 
LabEx EFL
Lieu: 

Sophie Germain, Salle 2011

Joan Bresnan (Université de Stanford)
Is grammatical competence probabilistic?

Using corpus model probabilities to measure human predictive capacities. The English dative and genitive alternations.
Relevant readings: Joan Bresnan and Marilyn Ford. 2010. Predicting syntax: Processing dative constructions in American and Australian varieties of English. Language 86(1): 186–213.