Statistical learning and language acquisition
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Statistical learning and language acquisition.
Human learners, including infants, are highly sensitive to structure in their environment. Statistical learning refers to the process of extracting this structure. A major question in language acquisition in the past few decades has been the extent to which infants use statistical learning mechanisms to acquire their native language. There have been many demonstrations showing infants' ability ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: WIREs Cognitive Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1939-5078,1939-5086
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.78