Weighted automata extend classical finite automata by assigning weights, typically drawn from algebraic structures such as semirings, to transitions. This quantitative enhancement enables the analysis ...

Many linguists have proposed that languages spoken by numerous non-native speakers tend to have simpler grammars. A new study challenges this claim. By analyzing a global sample of 1,314 languages, ...

Two styles of explaining the science of mind and behaviour have been competing for as long as anyone cares to remember: empiricist, centring on habit formation, statistical learning, imitation and ...