Hours

• H(3S-0)

• 	SEM 1	TR 12:30 - 13:45		Stephen Winters		Outline
  	Notes: Exemplar-based models of categorization have become increasingly influential in linguistic theory in recent years. In these models, categories are defined not by properties, but, instead, by collections of individual experiences, stored in memory. New experiences are then interpreted with reference to all stored exemplars in memory. Since exemplar-based category representations can retain rich amounts of detail, they have proven attractive to the analysis of variability in language processing, development and change. This team-taught seminar will consider the application of exemplar models to linguistic theory from a variety of different perspectives. Prof. Winters will lead the class in an examination of the evidence for exemplar-based processing in human speech perception and speech production, as well as investigate some basic computational models of exemplar-based language processing. Prof. Curtin will lead the course through a consideration of exemplar theory in the study of language acquisition and infant speech perception, and Prof. Murray will continue the discussion by examining the role that exemplars and rich, phonetic detail play in understanding language change.