How Data Drive Early Word Learning: A Cross-Linguistic Waiting Time Analysis

The extent to which word learning is delayed by maturation as opposed to accumulating data is a longstanding question in language acquisition. Further, the precise way in which data influence learning on a large scale is unknown—experimental results reveal that children can rapidly learn words from...

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Main Authors: Francis Mollica, Steven T. Piantadosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The MIT Press 2017-09-01
Series:Open Mind
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Online Access:https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/OPMI_a_00006