Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment

Being able to track dependencies between syntactic elements separated by other constituents is crucial for language acquisition and processing (e.g., in subject-noun/verb agreement). Although long assumed to require language-specific machinery, research on statistical learning has suggested that dom...

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Main Authors:	Hsinjen Julie eHsu, J Bruce eTomblin, Morten H Christiansen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:	Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:	variability specific language impairment adolescents artificial language learning nonadjacent dependencies
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00175/full

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spelling	doaj-a403a91ab82c478ea039f036b94c75542020-11-24T23:51:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-03-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0017559090Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language ImpairmentHsinjen Julie eHsu0J Bruce eTomblin1Morten H Christiansen2Morten H Christiansen3Morten H Christiansen4National Kaohsiung Normal UniversityUniversity of IowaCornell UniversityHaskins LaboratoriesUniversity of Southern DenmarkBeing able to track dependencies between syntactic elements separated by other constituents is crucial for language acquisition and processing (e.g., in subject-noun/verb agreement). Although long assumed to require language-specific machinery, research on statistical learning has suggested that domain-general mechanisms may support the acquisition of nonadjacent dependencies. In this study, we investigated whether individuals with specific language impairment (SLI)—who have problems with long-distance dependencies in language—also have problems with statistical learning of nonadjacent relations. The results confirmed this hypothesis, indicating that statistical learning may subserve the acquisition and processing of long-distance dependencies in natural language.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00175/fullvariabilityspecific language impairmentadolescentsartificial language learningnonadjacent dependencies
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spellingShingle	Hsinjen Julie eHsu J Bruce eTomblin Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment Frontiers in Psychology variability specific language impairment adolescents artificial language learning nonadjacent dependencies
author_facet	Hsinjen Julie eHsu J Bruce eTomblin Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen Morten H Christiansen
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title	Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment
title_short	Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment
title_full	Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment
title_fullStr	Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment
title_full_unstemmed	Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment
title_sort	impaired statistical learning of nonadjacent dependencies in adolescents with specific language impairment
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
series	Frontiers in Psychology
issn	1664-1078
publishDate	2014-03-01
description	Being able to track dependencies between syntactic elements separated by other constituents is crucial for language acquisition and processing (e.g., in subject-noun/verb agreement). Although long assumed to require language-specific machinery, research on statistical learning has suggested that domain-general mechanisms may support the acquisition of nonadjacent dependencies. In this study, we investigated whether individuals with specific language impairment (SLI)—who have problems with long-distance dependencies in language—also have problems with statistical learning of nonadjacent relations. The results confirmed this hypothesis, indicating that statistical learning may subserve the acquisition and processing of long-distance dependencies in natural language.
topic	variability specific language impairment adolescents artificial language learning nonadjacent dependencies
url	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00175/full
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Impaired Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment

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