Readings from previous years can be found below:
[2018-2019]
[2017-2018]
[2016-2017]
[2015-2016]
[2014-2015]
[2013-2014]
[2012-2013]
[2011-2012]
[2010-2011]
Discussed Spring 2020
Futrell, R., Dyer, W., & Scontras, G. 2020. What determines the order
of adjectives in English? Comparing efficiency-based theories using
dependency treebanks. Manuscript, University of California, Irvine.
Liu, Y., Ryskin, R., Futrell, R., & Gibson, E.. 2019. Verb frequency explains the unacceptability of factive and manner-of-speaking islands in English. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), 685-691.
Perkins, L., Feldman, N., & Lidz, J. 2020. The Power of Ignoring: Filtering Input for Argument Structure Acquisition. Manuscript, University of Maryland, College Park.
Schneider, J. J., Perkins, L., & Feldman, N. 2020. A Noisy Channel Model for Systematizing Unpredictable Input Variation. Proceedings of the 44th Boston University Conference on Language Development.
Liu, Y., Ryskin, R., Futrell, R., & Gibson, E.. 2019. Verb frequency explains the unacceptability of factive and manner-of-speaking islands in English. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), 685-691.
Perkins, L., Feldman, N., & Lidz, J. 2020. The Power of Ignoring: Filtering Input for Argument Structure Acquisition. Manuscript, University of Maryland, College Park.
Schneider, J. J., Perkins, L., & Feldman, N. 2020. A Noisy Channel Model for Systematizing Unpredictable Input Variation. Proceedings of the 44th Boston University Conference on Language Development.
Discussed Winter 2020
Cotterell, R., Kirov, C., Hulden, M., & Eisner, J. 2019. On the
complexity and typology of inflectional morphological
systems. Transactions of the Association for Computational
Linguistics, 7, 327-342.
Enguehard, E., & Spector, B. 2019. Explaining gaps in the logical lexicon of natural languages. Manuscript from https://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DM2MTljN/Gap_Enguehard_Spector.html.
Fukumura, K. 2018. Ordering adjectives in referential communication. Journal of Memory and Language, 101, 37-50.
Koplenig, A., Meyer, P., Wolfer, S., & Mueller-Spitzer, C. 2017. The statistical trade-off between word order and word structure–Large-scale evidence for the principle of least effort. PloS one, 12(3), e0173614.
Enguehard, E., & Spector, B. 2019. Explaining gaps in the logical lexicon of natural languages. Manuscript from https://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DM2MTljN/Gap_Enguehard_Spector.html.
Fukumura, K. 2018. Ordering adjectives in referential communication. Journal of Memory and Language, 101, 37-50.
Koplenig, A., Meyer, P., Wolfer, S., & Mueller-Spitzer, C. 2017. The statistical trade-off between word order and word structure–Large-scale evidence for the principle of least effort. PloS one, 12(3), e0173614.
Discussed Fall 2019
Gauthier, J., Levy, R. P., & Tenenbaum, J. B. 2019. A rational model
of syntactic bootstrapping. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive
Science Society.
Lavi-Rotbain, O., & Arnon, I. 2019. Children Learn Words Better in Low Entropy. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Ud Deen, K., & Timyam, N. 2018. Condition C in adult and child Thai. Language, 94(1), 157-190.
Villata, S., Sprouse, J., & Tabor, W. 2019.. Modeling Ungrammaticality: A Self-Organizing Model of Islands. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Lavi-Rotbain, O., & Arnon, I. 2019. Children Learn Words Better in Low Entropy. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Ud Deen, K., & Timyam, N. 2018. Condition C in adult and child Thai. Language, 94(1), 157-190.
Villata, S., Sprouse, J., & Tabor, W. 2019.. Modeling Ungrammaticality: A Self-Organizing Model of Islands. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.