Language Acquisition through Intention Reading and Pattern Finding (2022.coling-1)
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| Challenge: | a faithful computational operationalisation of the underlying mechanisms is still lacking. |
| Approach: | They propose a mechanistic model of intention reading and its integration with pattern finding capacities to model the intention reading process and their model of pattern finding. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model integrates intention reading and pattern finding processes with linguistic schemata that generalise over form and meaning. |
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