Explainability of neural networks for child language: Agent‐First strategy in comprehension of Korean active transitive construction

Author:

Shin Gyu‐Ho12ORCID,Mun Seongmin3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Linguistics University of Illinois Chicago Chicago IL USA

2. Department of Asian Studies Palacky University Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic

3. Humanities Research Institute Ajou University Suwon‐si Gyeonggi‐do South Korea

Abstract

AbstractThis study investigates how neural networks address the properties of children's linguistic knowledge, with a focus on the Agent‐First strategy in comprehension of an active transitive construction in Korean. We develop various neural‐network models and measure their classification performance on the test stimuli used in a behavioural experiment involving scrambling and omission of sentential components at varying degrees. Results show that, despite some compatibility of these models’ performance with the children's response patterns, their performance does not fully approximate the children's utilisation of this strategy, demonstrating by‐model and by‐condition asymmetries. This study's findings suggest that neural networks can utilise information about formal co‐occurrences to access the intended message to a certain degree, but the outcome of this process may be substantially different from how a child (as a developing processor) engages in comprehension. This implies some limits of neural networks on revealing the developmental trajectories of child language.Research Highlights This study investigates how neural networks address properties of child language. We focus on the Agent‐First strategy in comprehension of Korean active transitive. Results show by‐model/condition asymmetries against children's response patterns. This implies some limits of neural networks on revealing properties of child language.

Funder

European Regional Development Fund

National Research Foundation of Korea

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Cognitive Neuroscience,Developmental and Educational Psychology

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