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Palma, Pauline; Marin, Marie-France; Onishi, Kristine H.; Titone, Debra – Language Learning, 2022
Although several studies have focused on novel word learning and lexicalization in (presumably) monolingual speakers, less is known about how bilinguals add novel words to their mental lexicon. In this study we trained 33 English-French bilinguals on novel word-forms that were neighbors to English words with no existing neighbors. The number of…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Vocabulary Development, Monolingualism, French
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Chládková, Katerina; Šimácková, Šárka – Language Learning, 2021
Distributional learning is typically understood as (unattended) tracking of stimulus probabilities. Distributional training with speech yields mixed results and the influencing factors have not yet been fully investigated. This study explored whether prior linguistic experience could have an effect on distributional learning outcomes. Czech and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Native Language, Greek, Slavic Languages