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    "pk": 49639,
    "title": "Learn What is Detectable, Detect What is Useful",
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    "abstract": "Many computational models of morphology represent complex words by n-grams to account for lexical processing and acquisition. However, while n-gram models are simple and efficient, they are not without problems. From a cognitive perspective, it is unclear how n-gram words are represented in the mental lexicon and how these representations affect language use and acquisition. From a computational perspective, these models are problematic because n-gram representations are often ambiguous and redundant: they make very limited use of distributional information and neglect the role of efficiency and sequential processing in language use and acquisition. In this paper, we present a new computational approach to morphology that is cognitively more plausible than standard n-gram models. By analyzing data from the nominal number system in German, we show that a task-specific algorithm of linear processing guided by the principles of efficiency and reliability outperforms state-of-the-art n-gram models and also makes predictions about lexical processing that are consistent with the judgments of German native speakers in a psycholinguistic experiment.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Linguistics; Language acquisition; Learning; Bayesian modeling; Computer-based experiment"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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        {
            "first_name": "Sergei",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Monakhov",
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            "institution": "Friedrich Schiller University Jena",
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        {
            "first_name": "Holger",
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            "last_name": "Diessel",
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            "institution": "Department of English",
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            "first_name": "Brisca",
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            "last_name": "Balthes",
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            "institution": "Saarland University",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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