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View article: Simultaneous learning of semantic and graphotactic regularities in spelling: An artificial orthography learning experiment
Simultaneous learning of semantic and graphotactic regularities in spelling: An artificial orthography learning experiment Open
Orthographies such as English represent various levels of regularity such that spelling patterns are conditioned to varying extents on phonological, graphotactic and semantic cues. Previous research has shown that people learn graphotactic…
View article: Learners restrict their linguistic generalizations using preemption but not entrenchment: Evidence from artificial-language-learning studies with adults and children.
Learners restrict their linguistic generalizations using preemption but not entrenchment: Evidence from artificial-language-learning studies with adults and children. Open
A central goal of research into language acquisition is explaining how, when learners generalize to new cases, they appropriately restrict their generalizations (e.g., to avoid producing ungrammatical utterances such as *the clown laughed …
View article: Reforms to improve reproducibility and quality must be coordinated across the research ecosystem: The view from the UKRN Local Network Leads
Reforms to improve reproducibility and quality must be coordinated across the research ecosystem: The view from the UKRN Local Network Leads Open
Many disciplines are facing a “reproducibility crisis”, ushering in much discussion about how to improve research integrity, reproducibility, and transparency. A unified effort across all sectors, levels, and stages of the research ecosyst…
View article: Semantic cues in language learning: an artificial language study with adult and child learners
Semantic cues in language learning: an artificial language study with adult and child learners Open
Grammatical regularities may correlate with semantics; e.g. grammatical gender is often partially predictable from the noun's semantics. We explore whether learners generalise over semantic cues, and whether the extent of exposure (1 versu…
View article: Singh, Samara, & Wonnacott (pre-print). Statistical and explicit learning of graphotactic patterns with no phonological counterpart: Evidence from an artificial lexicon study with 7–8-year-olds and adults
Singh, Samara, & Wonnacott (pre-print). Statistical and explicit learning of graphotactic patterns with no phonological counterpart: Evidence from an artificial lexicon study with 7–8-year-olds and adults Open
Children are powerful statistical spellers, showing sensitivity to untaught orthographic patterns. They can also learn novel written patterns with phonological counterparts via statistical learning processes, akin to those established for …
View article: Acquiring variation in an artificial language: Children and adults are sensitive to socially conditioned linguistic variation
Acquiring variation in an artificial language: Children and adults are sensitive to socially conditioned linguistic variation Open
Languages exhibit sociolinguistic variation, such that adult native speakers condition the usage of linguistic variants on social context, gender, and ethnicity, among other cues. While the existence of this kind of socially conditioned va…
View article: Artificial Grammar Learning in Dyslexic and Nondyslexic Adults: Implications for Orthographic Learning
Artificial Grammar Learning in Dyslexic and Nondyslexic Adults: Implications for Orthographic Learning Open
Potential implicit orthographic learning deficits were investigated in adults with dyslexia. An artificial grammar learning paradigm served to assess dyslexic and typical readers’ ability to exploit information about chunk frequency, lette…
View article: Language learning, language use and the evolution of linguistic variation
Language learning, language use and the evolution of linguistic variation Open
Linguistic universals arise from the interaction between the processes of language learning and language use. A test case for the relationship between these factors is linguistic variation, which tends to be conditioned on linguistic or so…