Infant and Adult Language Experience Can Differ in More than One Way: Reply to Arnon (2018)

Autor/in	Hudson Kam, Carla L.
Titel	Infant and Adult Language Experience Can Differ in More than One Way: Reply to Arnon (2018)
Quelle	In: Language Learning and Development, 16 (2020) 1, S.43-48 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-5441
DOI	10.1080/15475441.2019.1681217
Schlagwörter	Infants; Adults; Language Acquisition; Comparative Analysis; Learning Experience; Phonology; Criticism; Learning Processes; Grammar; Form Classes (Languages); Language Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Lernerfahrung; Fonologie; Kritik; Learning process; Lernprozess; Grammatik; Analytischer Sprachbau; Sprachforschung
Abstract	Hudson Kam (2018) examined whether learning of a particular aspect of language that adults are known to have difficulty with (grammatical gender) could be improved by manipulating the learning experience of adults so that it was more like that of infants. Specifically, based on likely differences between adult and child learners' experiences as well as theoretical assumptions about the nature of child first language learning, experimental participants initially heard spoken sentences without any accompanying meaning. This was an attempt to restrict learners' focus to the phonological aspects of the language, thereby facilitating category formation and, in turn, the learning of the behavior of the classes. However, the manipulation did not lead to improved learning. Arnon (2018) presented a critique of the study, based in part on differences between my results and her own in related studies. In this response, I discuss two main points raised in her critique: the nature of early language experience in infants in the study and sample size issues. I also examine what people were actually tasked with learning in my study and hers, as a way of explaining differences between our results. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01