Statistical Learning and Language Acquisition (eBook)

Patrick Rebuschat, John N. Williams (Herausgeber)

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2012
523 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
9781934078242 (ISBN)

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Open publication

This volume brings together contributors from cognitive psychology, theoretical and applied linguistics, as well as computer science, in order to assess the progress and future directions of statistical learning research. The text critically examines the role of statistical learning in language acquisition. Contributors agree that statistical learning plays a central role in language acquisition, but each offer differing perspectives. The book promotes the development of the field by fostering discussion and collaborations across disciplinary boundaries.

Patrick Rebuschat, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA; John N. Williams, Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, UK

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Patrick Rebuschat, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA; John N. Williams, Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, UK

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Preface???????????????????????????? 5
List of contributors?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 9
Introduction: Statistical learning and language acquisition???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 13
Statistical-sequential learning in development?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 25
Bootstrapping language: Are infant statisticians up to the job????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 67
Sensitivity to statistical information begets learning in early language development?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 103
Word segmentation: Trading the (new, but poor) concept of statistical computation for the (old, but richer) associative approach?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
The road to word class acquisition is paved with distributional and sound cues?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 157
Linguistic constraints on statistical learning in early language acquisition?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 183
The potential contribution of statistical learning to second language acquisition???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 215
Statistical learning and syntax: What can be learned, and what difference does meaning make??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 249
Statistical construction learning: Does a Zipfian problem space ensure robust language learning??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 277
Can we enhance domain-general learning abilities to improve language function??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 317
Conscious versus unconscious learning of structure?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 349
How implicit is statistical learning????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 377
What Bayesian modelling can tell us about statistical learning: what it requires and why it works???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 395
Evolutionary perspectives on statistical learning???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 421
Statistical learning: What can music tell us????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 445
“I let the music speak”: Cross-domain application of a cognitive model of musical learning?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 475
Index???????????????????????? 507

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2012
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]
• Zusatzinfo: 5 b/w ill., 20 b/w tbl.
• Verlagsort: Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Angewandte Linguistik • Applied Linguistics • Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Education • Education • Language acquisition • Linguistik • Soziolinguistik
• ISBN-13: 9781934078242 / 9781934078242