What has been considered to be a key limitation of connectionist models of language acquisition?

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The provided JSON object presents the question: 'What has been considered to be a key limitation of connectionist models of language acquisition?' and indicates a single answer choice: 'They are difficult to understand.' However, the list of answer options is empty in the given data.

Since there are no multiple-choice options to evaluate, we cannot perform a standard option-by-option analysis of which choices are correct or incorrect based on the supplied content.

In a general educational context, typical criticisms of connectionist models of language include: (1) difficulties with capturing true symbolic structure and systematic, rule-governed behavior such as productive and recursive language (the ability to generate novel sentences), (2) a reliance on large amounts of data and extensive training, which some argue may not reflect how human children acquire language from relatively limited exposure, and (3) questions about whether backpropagation-based learning fully explains human language learning mechanisms or whether innate constraints and symbolic representations are necessary.

But given the missing answer options in this dataset, there is no basis within the provided material to distinguish between correct and incorrect statements, assess misconceptions, or justify why any specific option would be right or wrong. If you supply the available choices, I can break down each one, justify its validity, and clearly separate the correct reasoning from the incorrect options.

PSYC20007_2025_SM2 Week 11: Language 第 11 周：语言

What has been considered to be a key limitation of connectionist models of language acquisition?

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