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Exemplar-Based Learning Probably Requires Learning Abstractions: A Commentary on Ambridge (2020)
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Demuth, Katherine; Johnson, Mark – First Language, 2020
Exemplar-based learning requires: (1) a segmentation procedure for identifying the units of past experiences that a present experience can be compared to, and (2) a similarity function for comparing these past experiences to the present experience. This article argues that for a learner to learn a language these two mechanisms will require…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Grammar
A Practical Orthography for Kuuk Thaayorre. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Vol. l, No. 2.
Hall, Allen – 1978
A practical orthography is presented for Kuuk Thaayorre, which is spoken by over 300 Aborigines in Australia. The phonemes in Thaayorre and the way they are symbolized in normal writing practice are presented. Frequent occurrence of six conventional digraphs for some Thaayorre consonants has given rise to complementary orthography as an initial…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consonants, English, Grammar
Effects of Early Linguistic Experience on Speech Discrimination by Infants: A Critique of Eilers, Gavin, and Wilson (1979).
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Aslin, Richard N.; Pisoni, David B. – Child Development, 1980
Critiques previous research concerning differences in voice onset time discrimination between Spanish and English infants and conclusions about the effect of early linguistic experience on speech perception. (RMH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Infants, Language Acquisition
Effects of Early Linguistic Experience on Speech Discrimination by Infants: A Reply.
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Eilers, Rebecca E.; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Argues that Aslin and Pisoni's criticisms are basically unwarranted on both methodological and conceptual grounds. (RMH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Infants, Language Acquisition
Developmental, Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Visual Word Recognition
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Simpson, Greg B.; Kang, Hyewon – Language and Speech, 2006
In this paper, we argue that a complete understanding of language processing, in this case word-recognition processes, requires consideration both of multiple languages and of developmental processes. To illustrate these goals, we will summarize a 10-year research program exploring word-recognition processes in Korean adults and children. We…
Descriptors: Investigations, Written Language, Word Recognition, Reading Processes
On Borogroves and Code Books.
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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Attempts to prove that users of American Sign Language (ASL) do perform within a closed system of manual and nonmanual sign production features (phonemes and distinctive features). Deaf signers are quite capable of creating nonsense words as well as communicating with signers of other languages through pantomime and other paralinguistic features.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
In the Beginning Was the Rhyme? A Reflection on Hulme, Hatcher, Nation, Brown, Adams, and Stuart (2002).
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Goswami, Usha – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
Describes phonological sensitivity at different grain sizes as a good predictor of reading acquisition in all languages. Presents information on development of phonological sensitivity for syllables, onsets, and rimes. Illustrates that phoneme-level skills develop fastest in children acquiring orthographically consistent languages with simple…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beginning Reading, Children, Comparative Analysis