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==== Constraint-based model ====
[[Constraint-based grammar|Constraint-based]] theories of language comprehension<ref>{{cite journal|last=MacDonald|first=M. C.|author2=Pearlmutter, M. |author3=Seidenberg, M. |title=The Lexical Nature of Ambiguity Resolution|journal=Psychological Review|year=1994|volume=101|issue=4|pages=676–703|pmid=7984711|doi=10.1037/0033-295x.101.4.676}}</ref> emphasize how people make use of the vast amount of probabilistic information available in the linguistic signal. Through [[Statistical learning in language acquisition|statistical learning]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Seidenberg |first=Mark S. |author2=J.L. McClelland |year=1989 |title=A distributed developmental model of word recognition and naming. |journal=Psychological Review |volume=96 |pages=523–568 |pmid=2798649|doi=10.1037/0033-295X.96.4.523 |issue=4 |citeseerx=10.1.1.127.3083 }}</ref> the frequencies and distribution of events in linguistic environments can be picked upon, which inform language comprehension. As such, language users are said to arrive at a particular interpretation over another during the comprehension of an ambiguous sentence by rapidly integrating these probabilistic constraints.
 
==== Good enough theory ====