Learning to count: a computational model of language acquisition
Richard Power, Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1978
Abstract Effective procedures are described by which a learner can discover how to name the numbers 1, 2, . . . , 99, . . . in an unfamiliar language from a representative set of numerals presented in association with their numerical values. These procedures have been implemented as a computer program which will learn to count, and to interpret well formed numerals, in languages as diverse as English, French, Japanese, Mixtec, Suppire and Biblical Welsh; their effectiveness confirms the view that semantic information can be of considerable assistance in the acquisition of syntax.