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Just to clarify my position (as it is misunderstood above): I believe it is one of the most important factors in acquiring language. 100%. However, I persona
by brockf 15y ago
Just to clarify my position (as it is misunderstood above): I believe it is one of the most important factors in acquiring language. 100%. However, I personally believe that it's a domain-general tool exploited by a domain-specific language module adhering to evolved instincts in language acquisition.
- scott_s 15y agoAnd why can't that domain-general tool be some kind of statistical machine? I ask this because I don't see why what you said is incompatible with it - in fact, I agree with what you said - but I suspect that the mechanism is probably statistical in nature.
- brockf 15y agoRight, I think we're in agreement then. Statistical learning is the domain-general tool. Or one of them. It's the domain specific tools that are up in the air, though, and what I'm interested in.