#comprehensibleinput is not a method

David Matta There have been good arguments that both "camps" have moved significantly towards each other in questions like nature/nurture and modularity, but I think your comment overlooks that much of this debate was about cognitive architecture & models of language frontiersin.org/journals/psych…

Why isn't ALG more mainstream? Is it because it's wrong? Or is it just insanely difficult to monetize? "Who promotes a research-based practice that seems an unlikely profit center? Almost no one." #langtwt researchgate.net/publication/23…

Human knowledge and language are best modeled with multi dimensional vector spaces. That won't change any time soon. The thing with LLMs and generative AI is that they are knowledge averagers, not knowledge multipliers like humans. youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU?si…

Here’s one of the most fascinating child development videos I’ve ever shared. As your baby learns language, they begin by approximating the examples you set. After a period of early experimentation with sound (including cries, coos and gurgles), infants begin babbling -

Grammar vs. Usage #langtwt #LanguageLovers

An essential concept for acquiring languages and many different skills #langtwt #LanguageLearning youtu.be/sNks6k1j4GQ

Hi everyone #langtwt I made a thing

Yes! This is exactly what I was getting at in my (perhaps clumsily named) "Grammar doesn't exist" video. youtu.be/YNJDH0eogAw?si… This flood is great, I'm nodding enthusiastically and also learning a lot