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Formal learning theory, as the name suggests, studies the learnability of different classes of formal objects (languages, grammars, theories, etc.) under different formal models of learning. The specification of such a model, which specifies (a) a learning environment, (b) a learning strategy, and (c) a criterion for successful learning, determines (d) a class of formal objects, namely, the class that can be acquired to the level of the specified success criterion by a learner implementing the specified strategy in the specified enviroment.
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Matthews, R.J. (1989). Introduction: Learnability and Linguistic Theory. In: Matthews, R.J., Demopoulos, W. (eds) Learnability and Linguistic Theory. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0955-7_1
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