Falk Huettig|Nivedita Mani
Is prediction necessary to understand language? Probably not
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics|Radboud University Nijmegen|University of Göttingen
recent theoretical accounts cognitive sciences suggest prediction necessary understand language evaluate proposal consider arguments prediction provides unified theoretical principle human mind pervades cortical function discuss whether evidence human abilities detect statistical regularities necessarily evidence predictive processing evaluate suggestions prediction necessary language learning point language users appear predict language suboptimal input makes prediction often challenging prediction moreover strongly contextdependent impeded resource limitations also argue may problematic experimental evidence predictive language processing comes predictionencouraging experimental setups conclude languages learned understood absence prediction claims language processing predictive nature premature