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Grammatical cues to subjecthood are redundant in a majority of simple clauses across languages

Mahowald, K.*, Diachek, E.*, Gibson, E., Fedorenko, E.^, & Futrell, R.^ 2023. Cognition, 241, 105543. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105543. PMID: 37713956.
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An ERP index of real-time error correction within a noisy-channel framework of human communication

Ryskin, R., Stearns, L., Bergen, L., Eddy, M., Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2021. Neuropsychologia, 158, 107855. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107855. PMID: 33865848.
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Don’t underestimate the benefits of being misunderstood

Gibson, E., Tan, C., Futrell, R., Mahowald, K., Konieczny, L., Hemforth, B. & Fedorenko, E. 2017. Psychological Science, 28(6), 703-712. DOI: 10.1177/0956797617690277. PMID: 28394708.
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Infinitely productive language can arise from chance under communicative pressure

Piantadosi, S. & Fedorenko, E. 2017. Journal of Language Evolution, 2(2), 141-147. DOI: 10.1093/jole/lzw013.
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Info/information theory: Speakers choose shorter words in predictive contexts

Mahowald, K., Fedorenko, E., Piantadosi, S. & Gibson, E. 2013. Cognition, 126(2), 313-318. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.010. PMID: 23116925.
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Grammatical cues to subjecthood are redundant in a majority of simple clauses across languages

An ERP index of real-time error correction within a noisy-channel framework of human communication

Don’t underestimate the benefits of being misunderstood

Infinitely productive language can arise from chance under communicative pressure

Info/information theory: Speakers choose shorter words in predictive contexts

Ev Fedorenko's Language Lab at MIT