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Author Williams, John N

Title Statistical learning and language acquisition edited by Patrick Rebuschat, John N. Williams
Published Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 511 p.)
Series Studies in second and foreign language education ; 1
Studies in second and foreign language education ; 1.
Contents Preface; List of contributors; Introduction: Statistical learning and language acquisition; Statistical-sequential learning in development; Bootstrapping language: Are infant statisticians up to the job?; Sensitivity to statistical information begets learning in early language development; Word segmentation: Trading the (new, but poor) concept of statistical computation for the (old, but richer) associative approach; The road to word class acquisition is paved with distributional and sound cues; Linguistic constraints on statistical learning in early language acquisition
The potential contribution of statistical learning to second language acquisitionStatistical learning and syntax: What can be learned, and what difference does meaning make?; Statistical construction learning: Does a Zipfian problem space ensure robust language learning?; Can we enhance domain-general learning abilities to improve language function?; Conscious versus unconscious learning of structure; How implicit is statistical learning?; What Bayesian modelling can tell us about statistical learning: what it requires and why it works; Evolutionary perspectives on statistical learning
Statistical learning: What can music tell us?"I let the music speak": Cross-domain application of a cognitive model of musical learning; Index
Summary 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 textcritically examines the role of statistical learning in language acquisition. Contributors agree that statistical learning plays a central role in language acquisition, but each offerdiffering perspectives. The book promotes the development of the field by fostering discussion and collaborations across disciplinary boundaries
Main Series Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]
Notes Description based on print version record
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Electronic version is available via Ebrary
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Subject Linguistics -- Statistical methods.
Psycholinguistics.
Theoretical linguistics
Applied linguistics.
Language acquisition.
Psycholinguistics
Language Development
psycholinguistics.
applied linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Psycholinguistics.
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics -- Statistical methods
Applied linguistics
Language acquisition
Form Electronic book
Author Rebuschat, Patrick
Williams, John, 1960-
ProQuest (Firm)
LC no. 2011277878
ISBN 9781934078242
1934078247
1283858444
9781283858441
OTHER TI ProQuest Ebook Central