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Cog Lunch: Michaela Socolof

Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkCog Lunch: Michaela Socolof04/15/2025 12:00 pm04/15/2025 1:00 pmBuilding 46,3310
April 15, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Building 46,3310
    Description

    Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/91279678580
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    Speaker: Michaela Socolof

    Affiliation: CPL / Levy Lab

    Title: An information-theoretic approach to compositionality

    Abstract: A fundamental property of language is that words can be combined into larger phrases in systematic and predictable ways. This property, known as compositionality, allows language users to produce novel, complex utterances using set rules. Yet compositionality is not absolute—some structures involve meanings that combine in non-systematic ways. If we have a way of precisely quantifying compositionality, then we can investigate the relationships between compositionality, linguistic structure, and processing. This talk will present an approach to formalizing compositionality using information theory and will include a discussion of completed and potential future experiments.

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