Anti-Representationalism in Language Development Research: A Commentary on Ambridge (2020)

Autor/inn/en	Knabe, Melina L.; Vlach, Haley A.
Titel	Anti-Representationalism in Language Development Research: A Commentary on Ambridge (2020)
Quelle	In: First Language, 40 (2020) 5-6, S.592-595 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Knabe, Melina L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723720905918
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Language; Children; Language Acquisition; Models; Abstract Reasoning; Linguistic Theory; Learning Processes; Vocabulary Development; Language Research; Memory; Interference (Learning); Classification; Figurative Language; Psycholinguistics; Computational Linguistics; Artificial Intelligence; Generalization; Concept Mapping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Analogiemodell; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Linguistische Theorie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Wortschatzarbeit; Sprachforschung; Gedächtnis; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Psycholinguistik; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Künstliche Intelligenz; Concept Map
Abstract	Ambridge argues that there is widespread agreement among child language researchers that learners store linguistic abstractions. In this commentary the authors first argue that this assumption is incorrect; anti-representationalist/exemplar views are pervasive in theories of child language. Next, the authors outline what has been learned from this body of work, including insights into mechanisms underlying language learning. Interestingly, some of these mechanisms are at odds with counterarguments in Ambridge, such as the finding that forgetting is a critical process of language. [For Ben Ambridge's "Against Stored Abstractions: A Radical Exemplar Model of Language Acquisition," see EJ1269951.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01