Self-organizing map models of language acquisition

Frontiers in Psychology

Ping Li¹ 

关键词: SOM;    connectionism;    language acquisition;    vocabulary spurt;    lexical aspect;    age of acquisition;    cross-language priming;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00828

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Connectionist models have had a profound impact on theories of language. While most early models were inspired by the classic parallel distributed processing architecture, recent models of language have explored various other types of models, including self-organizing models for language acquisition. In this paper, we aim at providing a review of the latter type of models, and highlight a number of simulation experiments that we have conducted based on these models. We show that self-organizing connectionist models can provide significant insights into long-standing debates in both monolingual and bilingual language development. We suggest future directions in which these models can be extended, to better connect with behavioral and neural data, and to make clear predictions in testing relevant psycholinguistic theories.

【 授权许可】

CC BY