Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment
Being able to track dependencies between syntactic elements separated by other constituents is crucial for language acquisition and processing (e.g., in subject-noun/verb agreement). Although long assumed to require language-specific machinery, research on statistical learning has suggested that dom...
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| author | Hsinjen Julie eHsu J Bruce eTomblin Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen |
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| description | Being able to track dependencies between syntactic elements separated by other constituents is crucial for language acquisition and processing (e.g., in subject-noun/verb agreement). Although long assumed to require language-specific machinery, research on statistical learning has suggested that domain-general mechanisms may support the acquisition of nonadjacent dependencies. In this study, we investigated whether individuals with specific language impairment (SLI)—who have problems with long-distance dependencies in language—also have problems with statistical learning of nonadjacent relations. The results confirmed this hypothesis, indicating that statistical learning may subserve the acquisition and processing of long-distance dependencies in natural language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a403a91ab82c478ea039f036b94c75542022-12-22T03:54:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-03-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0017559090Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language ImpairmentHsinjen Julie eHsu0J Bruce eTomblin1Morten H Christiansen2Morten H Christiansen3Morten H Christiansen4National Kaohsiung Normal UniversityUniversity of IowaCornell UniversityHaskins LaboratoriesUniversity of Southern DenmarkBeing able to track dependencies between syntactic elements separated by other constituents is crucial for language acquisition and processing (e.g., in subject-noun/verb agreement). Although long assumed to require language-specific machinery, research on statistical learning has suggested that domain-general mechanisms may support the acquisition of nonadjacent dependencies. In this study, we investigated whether individuals with specific language impairment (SLI)—who have problems with long-distance dependencies in language—also have problems with statistical learning of nonadjacent relations. The results confirmed this hypothesis, indicating that statistical learning may subserve the acquisition and processing of long-distance dependencies in natural language.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00175/fullvariabilityspecific language impairmentadolescentsartificial language learningnonadjacent dependencies |
| spellingShingle | Hsinjen Julie eHsu J Bruce eTomblin Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment Frontiers in Psychology variability specific language impairment adolescents artificial language learning nonadjacent dependencies |
| title | Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_full | Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_fullStr | Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_short | Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_sort | impaired statistical learning of nonadjacent dependencies in adolescents with specific language impairment |
| topic | variability specific language impairment adolescents artificial language learning nonadjacent dependencies |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00175/full |
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