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no negative evidence problem: a standalone construct

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no negativeevidence problem1 CONSTRUCTNo negative evidenceMARCUS · LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

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Language acquisition

learnability puzzle that children recover from overgeneralizations although they receive little reliable feedback about ungrammatical forms.

In language acquisition, no negative evidence problem refers to learnability puzzle that children recover from overgeneralizations although they receive little reliable feedback about ungrammatical forms. This meaning comes from Marcus (1993) in Cognition.[1]

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acquisition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructscognition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsevidence2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

  1. Marcus, G. F. (1993). Negative evidence in language acquisition. Cognition, 46(1), 53-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(93)90022-n

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