Challenging the limits of learning: Linguist measures the human mind against the yardstick of a machine
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 23:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Most theoretical linguists argue that people have little more than a "language organ" -- an inherent capacity for language that's activated during early childhood. However, a linguistics professor insists that what humans can actually learn is still an open question -- and he has built a computer program to try and find an answer.