How Much Data Does Linguistic Theory Need? On the Tolerance Principle of Linguistic Theorizing

Yang's (2016) Tolerance Principle describes with incredible precision how many exceptions the mechanisms of child language acquisition can tolerate to induce a productive rule, and is a notable advance in the long-standing controversy as to the amount of data necessary for the acquisition of la...

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Main Author: José-Luis Mendívil-Giró
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2018.00062/full