Research Training Group in Language: Acquisition and Computation

语言研究训练组：习得与计算

• 批准号: 9113607
• 负责人: Kenneth Wexler
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-15 至 1998-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9113607&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Training; Group; Language; Acquisition

This award will establish a Research Training Group in Language Acquisition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The faculty group includes 19 members of two departments: that of Linguistics and Philosophy, and that of Brain and Cognitive Science. The RTG will establish a new, 5 year graduate program with elements drawn from the curricula of both departments. The funds awarded will provide stipends for graduate students, equipment needed for the training program, and limited travel funds and specialized technical assistance for the trainees. An central focus of research in both linguistics and in cognition has been understanding how the ability to use language develops in humans, both historically and individually. Related questions involve the representation of language in the brain, and the mechanism by which such representation is computed or manipulated by the brain. Separate progress in our understanding of the structure of languages, and of the structure and function of the brain and of the other organs involved in speech has set the stage for significant multidisciplinary research that synthesizes the experimental approaches and results of traditional linguistics, of psycholinguistics and of computational science. The training provided by this program will provide students will the varied backgrounds and skills needed to do this kind of research.

该奖项将在麻省理工学院建立一个语言习得研究培训小组。 教师队伍包括语言学与哲学系、脑与认知科学系两个系的19名成员。 RTG 将建立一个新的 5 年制研究生课程，其内容来自两个系的课程。 所授予的资金将为研究生提供津贴、培训计划所需的设备以及为受训人员提供有限的旅费和专门技术援助。 语言学和认知研究的一个中心焦点是了解人类使用语言的能力是如何发展的，无论是历史上的还是个人的。 相关问题涉及大脑中语言的表征，以及大脑计算或操纵这种表征的机制。 我们对语言结构、大脑和其他参与言语的器官的结构和功能的理解的各自进展为重要的多学科研究奠定了基础，这些研究综合了传统语言学、心理语言学和计算科学的实验方法和结果。 该计划提供的培训将为学生提供进行此类研究所需的各种背景和技能。