ERIC Number: EJ1008671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jan
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-7393
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Investigating the Retention and Time Course of Phonotactic Constraint Learning from Production Experience
Warker, Jill A.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v39 n1 p96-109 Jan 2013
Adults can rapidly learn artificial phonotactic constraints such as /"f"/ "occurs only at the beginning of syllables" by producing syllables that contain those constraints. This implicit learning is then reflected in their speech errors. However, second-order constraints in which the placement of a phoneme depends on another characteristic of the syllable (e.g., "if the vowel is /ae/, /f/ occurs at the beginning of syllables and /s/ occurs at the end of syllables, but if the vowel is /I/, the reverse is true") require a longer learning period. Two experiments investigated the transience of second-order learning and whether consolidation plays a role in learning phonological dependencies, with speech errors used as a measure of learning. Experiment 1 tested the durability of learning and found that learning was still present in speech errors a week later. Experiment 2 looked at whether more time in the form of a consolidation period or more experience in the form of more trials was necessary for learning to be revealed in speech errors. Both consolidation and more trials led to learning; however, consolidation provided a more substantial benefit. (Contains 6 figures, 5 tables and 5 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Vowels, Syllables, Phonemes, Retention (Psychology), Time Factors (Learning), Federal Aid, Psychometrics, Experiments, Conditioning, College Students, Error Analysis (Language), Psycholinguistics
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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