---
title: "Formal Theories of Language Acquisition: Practical and Theoretical Perspectives"
authors:
  - "Daniel N. Osherson"
  - "Michael Stob"
  - "Scott Weinstein"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1983/135"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1983/0135.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1983
pages: "566-571"
track: "Natural Language"
keywords:
---

# Formal Theories of Language Acquisition: Practical and Theoretical Perspectives

Daniel N. Osherson, Michael Stob, Scott Weinstein

*Proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 566-571.

## Abstract

Learning Theory is the study of systems that impl eme nt functions from e vidential sta t es to theories. The theoretical framework de veloped in the th e ory makes po ss ibl e t he comparison of c la sses of algorithms whi c h embody distinct l ea l'n ing s trat eg i es along a variety of dimensions. S uch comparisons yield v aluab le information to tho se concerned with in f e r e nce problems in Cogniti ve Sc it!nce a nd Artifi c ial Intelligence. Th e present pa p er employs the fr amework of Learning Theory to s tudy the design spec ifica t ions of inductive systems which are of interest in the domain of l a ng ua g e acquisition .