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Michael Becker |
I am a graduate student in the Linguistics Department at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The h in "Amherst" is silent.
I am mostly interested in phonology. More specifically, I like to think about theories of lexical exceptions, and how the grammar and the lexicon interact. I am also into making computational models of learning theories.
Recent news highlights
- Starting in the fall, I will be a visiting assistant professor at Reed College.
- April 3, 2008: I presented "Why and how to use Universal Grammar in learning irregular morphology" at the linguistics department of Reed College. [handout]
- March 29, 2008: I presented "Learning hidden structure in morphological bases" at MUMM 2, a UMass-MIT phonology meeting. [handout]
- November 10, 2007: I presented "Prudent error-driven learning in OT-CC" at the meeting of the Northeast Computational Phonology Circle (NECPhon), UMass Amherst. [handout]
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