A Role for Chunk Formation in Statistical Learning of Second Language Syntax
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip Hamrick (0000-0003-4910-5455, Kent State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-278 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lang.12049 |
| OpenAlex | W2133062887 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 50 |
Humans are remarkably sensitive to the statistical structure of language. However, different mechanisms have been proposed to account for such statistical sensitivities. The present study compared adult learning of syntax and the ability of two models of statistical learning to simulate human performance: Simple Recurrent Networks, which learn by predictive computation, and PARSER, which learns chunks as a byproduct of general principles of associative learning and memory. In the first stage, a semiartificial language paradigm was used to gather human data. In the second stage, a simulation paradigm was then used to compare the patterns of performance of the SRN and PARSER. After the human adults and the computational models were trained on sentences from the semiartificial language with probabilistic syntax, their learning outcomes were compared. Neither model was able to fully reproduce the human data, which may indicate less robust statistical learning effects in adults; however, PARSER was able to simulate more of the adult learning data than the SRN, suggesting a possible role for chunk formation in early phases of adult learning of second language syntax
Constructed language · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Parsing · Statistical model · Syntax · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Speech and dialogue systems
Artificial grammar learning by 1-year-olds leads to specific and abstract knowledge
Becoming syntactic.
Incrementality and Prediction in Human Sentence Processing
Sequencing in SLA
Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism
Probabilistic models of cognition
Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants
Rapid Word Learning Under Uncertainty via Cross-Situational Statistics
Learning Simple and Complex Second Language Rules Under Implicit, Incidental, Rule-Search, and Instructed Conditions
On Broca, brain, and binding
An Integrated Theory of the Mind.
Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants
The Role of Consciousness in Second Language Learning1
Finding Structure in Time
Statistical Language Learning
Cognitive Perspectives on SLA
Initial Incidental Acquisition of Word Order Regularities
Comparing a nativist and emergentist approach to the initial stage of SLA
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |