The Role of Simple Semantics in the Process of Artificial Grammar Learning

Autor/inn/en	Öttl, Birgit; Jäger, Gerhard; Kaup, Barbara
Titel	The Role of Simple Semantics in the Process of Artificial Grammar Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 46 (2017) 5, S.1285-1308 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Öttl, Birgit)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-017-9494-y
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Grammar; Difficulty Level; Experiments; Language Acquisition; Syntax + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Grammatik; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Erprobung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb
Abstract	This study investigated the effect of semantic information on artificial grammar learning (AGL). Recursive grammars of different complexity levels (regular language, mirror language, copy language) were investigated in a series of AGL experiments. In the with-semantics condition, participants acquired semantic information prior to the AGL experiment; in the without-semantics control condition, participants did not receive semantic information. It was hypothesized that semantics would generally facilitate grammar acquisition and that the learning benefit in the with-semantics conditions would increase with increasing grammar complexity. Experiment 1 showed learning effects for all grammars but no performance difference between conditions. Experiment 2 replicated the absence of a semantic benefit for all grammars even though semantic information was more prominent during grammar acquisition as compared to Experiment 1. Thus, we did not find evidence for the idea that semantics facilitates grammar acquisition, which seems to support the view of an independent syntactic processing component. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01