Learning additional languages as hierarchical probabilistic inference: Insights from first language processing

B Pajak, AB Fine, DF Kleinschmidt… - Language …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a framework of second and additional language (L2/Ln) acquisition motivated by
recent work on socio‐indexical knowledge in first language (L1) processing. The distribution …

Difficulty in learning similar-sounding words: A developmental stage or a general property of learning?

B Pajak, SC Creel, R Levy - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2016‏ - psycnet.apa.org
How are languages learned, and to what extent are learning mechanisms similar in infant
native-language (L1) and adult second-language (L2) acquisition? In terms of vocabulary …

Effects of entrenchment and preemption in second language learners' acceptance of English denominal verbs

X Zhang, C Mai - Applied psycholinguistics, 2018‏ - cambridge.org
Entrenchment and preemption are theorized to constrain the novel use of well-attested
constructions. This study tested the effects of these two mechanisms in second language …

Khalkha Mongolian speakers' vowel bias: L1 influences on the acquisition of non-adjacent vocalic dependencies

A LaCross - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Native language (L1) phonology has been shown to play an important role in influencing
humans' perception and production of novel speech. Yet research examining the conditions …

The emergence of the allophonic perception of unfamiliar speech sounds: The effects of contextual distribution and phonetic naturalness

M Noguchi, CLH Kam - Language Learning, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
In human languages, different speech sounds can be contextual variants of a single
phoneme, called allophones. Learning which sounds are allophones is an integral part of …

Acquisition of allophony from speech input by adult learners

M Noguchi - 2016‏ - open.library.ubc.ca
Sound systems are a basic building block of any human language. An integral part of the
acquisition of sound systems is the learning of allophony. In sound systems, some segments …

The role of indexical cues in the distributional learning of phonetic categories.

CH Kam‏ - osf.io
Theories of the distributional learning of phonetic categories assume that input provides
reliable distributional cues for the categorization of speech sounds. In the real world …

Effects Of An L1-Like Sound System On The Acquisition Of Second Language Morphology

GE Johnson - 2019‏ - repository.arizona.edu
Studies show that learners' native language (L1) affects their acquisition of a second
language (L2), but how this influence occurs is still not well-understood. We investigate …

Difficulty in learning similar-sounding words: a developmental stage or a general property of learning?

RP Levy, S Creel, B Pająk - 2019‏ - osf.io
How are languages learned, and to what extent are learning mechanisms similar in infant
native-language (L1) and adult second-language (L2) acquisition? In terms of vocabulary …

[PDF][PDF] Form Priming Across Dialects: L1 and L2 Effects

C Shea - database, 2015‏ - internationalphoneticassociation.org
Research shows that cross-dialect lexical recognition can be asymmetrical, favouring non-
dominant dialect speakers and prejudicing dominant-dialect speakers [10]. We ask if non …