A Probabilistic Model of Early Argument Structure Acquisition Afra Alishahi Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of Computer Science University of Toronto 2008 Developing computational algorithms that capture the complex structure of natural language is an open problem. In particular, learning the abstract properties of language only from usage data remains a challenge. In this dissertation...

Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate language contact from a usage-based perspective. In particular, we test the explanatory power schematicity continuum, one central assumptions within approaches, in regard these effects. doing so, better understand how influences transfer as well learn more about cognitive mechanism itself. Design: empirical focus on native German spea...

Objectives: This study aimed at adapting and examining the applicability of the Teach-Model-Coach-Review model of the enhanced milieu teaching (EMT) approach for improving Iranian mothers’ language strategies while interacting with their toddlers with expressive language delay. Methods: In a single-subject multiple-baseline across-behavior study, the mothers of 3 toddlers with expressive langu...