An application of answer set programming to the field of second language acquisition. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: INCLEZAN, DANIELA
• Is Part Of: Theory and practice of logic programming. Volume 15:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 17
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Logic programming -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Constraint programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals; 005.115
• DOI: 10.1017/S1471068413000653
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-0684

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This paper explores the contributions of Answer Set Programming (ASP) to the study of an established theory from the field of Second Language Acquisition: <italic>Input Processing</italic>. The theory describes default strategies that learners of a second language use in extracting meaning out of a text based on their knowledge of the second language and their background knowledge about the world. We formalized this theory in ASP, and as a result we were able to determine opportunities for refining its natural language description, as well as directions for future theory development. We applied our model to automating the prediction of how learners of English would interpret sentences containing the passive voice. We present a system, <italic>PIas</italic>, that uses these predictions to assist language instructors in designing teaching materials.</p> </abstract>