YURIKO OSHIMA-TAKANE先生講演会
　マギル大学のYuriko Oshima-Takane先生をお迎えして，
言語発達心理学についての講演会を開催いたします．
お誘いあわせの上多数のご来場をお待ちしております．

日時　　３月２３日（木）　１４：００−１７：００
（絶対参加するという方は人数把握のためshiina@mn.waseda.ac.jp
までメールをください．参考資料等をお送りいたします．）
	講演後懇親会　　会費は無料（の予定）

場所　　早稲田大学西早稲田（本部）キャンパス	
	１４号館６Ｆ　５０３室　教育学部視聴覚教育教室
	地図　http://www.waseda.ac.jp/koho/guide/nisiw.html

題目（講演は日本語です）

	Word Learning and Problems of Induction

Word learning is typically viewed as an inductive process, and the
learner's goal is to acquire the correct mapping between word and world. 
As
some philosophers such as Quine have pointed out, the problem is that 
there
are infinitely many logically possible generalizations that the learner 
can
make in a given case, and many researchers have posited some fast mapping
mechanisms specific to word learning that help the learner narrow down the
referential possibilities.  However, recent studies on the learning of
personal pronouns suggest that children do not need any fast mapping
mechanisms to learn word meaning.  Rather, what they need are situations 
in
which they can induce the correct semantic rules from regularities present
in input. Children's successful induction of the semantic rules and the
generalization to unfamiliar instances are based on their abilities to
understand the speaker's intention, to extract relevant information from
child-directed, as well as overheard, speech, and to use the relevant KIND
information about the referents. In my talk, I will present evidence from
experimental, observational, and computer simulation studies in support of
this view.

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問い合わせ先
椎名乾平
早稲田大学教育学部教育心理学室
Email:shiina@mn.waseda.ac.jp