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SUMMARY:Linguistics and English Language Seminar: The Optimal Assignment 
 Principle
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DESCRIPTION:Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho\, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya\
 nQuantitative\, Mathematical and Computational Linguistics Research Grou
 p\n\nThe idea that languages are shaped by a constellation optimization 
 principles is receiving increasing attention. However\, some scepticism 
 remains due to unrealistic assumptions or the apparent lack of precision
  or depth of the predictions being made. Here I will present a general p
 rinciple of optimal assignment that unifies various linguistic principle
 s: the principle of compression and two principles of word order\, i.e. 
 the principle of dependency distance minimization and the principle of s
 wap distance minimization. I will review the realism of their assumption
 s as well as the generality and precision of their predictions.\n\nI wil
 l focus on the order of subject\, object and verb\, which has 6 possible
  orders. I will show how the principle of swap distance minimization pre
 dicts\, with high precision\, how the frequency or the acceptability of 
 orders is distributed on the 6 possible permutations in specific conditi
 ons\, e.g.\, unconventional gesturing and word order acceptability exper
 iments.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Blended Th1 (GA.056)\, Nancy Rothwell Building\, Booth Street Ea
 st\, Manchester\, M13 9PL
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