Paradigms with conflicting data patterns can be difficult to learn, resulting in a type of
language change called reanalysis. Existing models of morphophonology predict reanalysis …

This study investigates whether alternation learning is facilitated by a matching phonotactic
generalization. In a series of artificial grammar learning experiments, English learners were …

Paradigms with conflicting data patterns can be difficult to learn, resulting in acquisition
error. In this dissertation, I look at how paradigms are reanalyzed over time to gain insight …

Hidden structure refers to the units of organization that a child cannot directly observe when
they are learning language (eg phonemes, morpheme boundaries, URs, phrases). In this …

In this dissertation, I establish a research program that uses computational modeling as a
testbed for theories of phonological learning. This dissertation focuses on a fundamental …

A phonological process can become less productive over time. When a phonological rule
begins to lose productivity, applying less and less frequently, what might be the cause? 1 …

Paradigms with conflicting data patterns can be difficult to learn, resulting in a type of
language change called reanalysis. Existing models of morphophonology predict reanalysis …

Phonotactics are static probabilistic generalizations about how phonemes can combine in a
given language. In English, for example, adjacent sequences of sibilants are restricted, so …