Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language
The present paper examines the relationship between explicit and implicit memory and ultimate attainment in the native language. Two groups of native speakers of English with different levels of academic attainment (i.e., high vs. low) took part in three language tasks which assessed grammar, vocabu...
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| description | The present paper examines the relationship between explicit and implicit memory and ultimate attainment in the native language. Two groups of native speakers of English with different levels of academic attainment (i.e., high vs. low) took part in three language tasks which assessed grammar, vocabulary and collocational knowledge, as well as phonological short-term memory (assessed using a forward digit-span task), explicit associative memory (assessed using a paired-associates task) and implicit memory (assessed using a deterministic serial reaction time task). Results revealed strong relationships between phonological short-term memory and explicit associative memory on the one hand and the three language tasks on the other hand, and no relation between linguistic performance and implicit memory. Taken together, these results cast doubts on the common assumption that L1 grammar learning depends almost entirely on implicit memory and align with the claims of usage-based models of language acquisition that grammatical and lexical knowledge depend on the same cognitive mechanisms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c70039e07f354ed194a5166c163c23e72022-12-21T19:26:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-09-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.569586569586Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native LanguageMiquel Llompart0Ewa Dąbrowska1Ewa Dąbrowska2Chair of Language and Cognition, Department of English and American Studies, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyChair of Language and Cognition, Department of English and American Studies, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United KingdomThe present paper examines the relationship between explicit and implicit memory and ultimate attainment in the native language. Two groups of native speakers of English with different levels of academic attainment (i.e., high vs. low) took part in three language tasks which assessed grammar, vocabulary and collocational knowledge, as well as phonological short-term memory (assessed using a forward digit-span task), explicit associative memory (assessed using a paired-associates task) and implicit memory (assessed using a deterministic serial reaction time task). Results revealed strong relationships between phonological short-term memory and explicit associative memory on the one hand and the three language tasks on the other hand, and no relation between linguistic performance and implicit memory. Taken together, these results cast doubts on the common assumption that L1 grammar learning depends almost entirely on implicit memory and align with the claims of usage-based models of language acquisition that grammatical and lexical knowledge depend on the same cognitive mechanisms.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569586/fullimplicit memoryexplicit memoryultimate attainmentindividual differencesdeclarative/procedural modelusage-based models |
| spellingShingle | Miquel Llompart Ewa Dąbrowska Ewa Dąbrowska Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language Frontiers in Psychology implicit memory explicit memory ultimate attainment individual differences declarative/procedural model usage-based models |
| title | Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language |
| title_full | Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language |
| title_fullStr | Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language |
| title_short | Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language |
| title_sort | explicit but not implicit memory predicts ultimate attainment in the native language |
| topic | implicit memory explicit memory ultimate attainment individual differences declarative/procedural model usage-based models |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569586/full |
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