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Hedgehog Pillows and Squirrel Plates: Priming Semantic Structure in Children's Comprehension

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract We report three expression–picture‐matching experiments targeting preschoolers’ semantic processing. We assessed whether 3‐ and 4‐year‐olds’ interpretations of ambiguous novel noun–noun combinations (e.g., hedgehog pillow) were affected by immediate language experience and what role lexical items played in this process.
Judit Fazekas, Leone Buckle, Holly Branigan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When do we experience effort? [PDF]

Synthese
Holton E, Holton R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mandarin Relative Clause Production by Second Language Learners: Subject–Object Asymmetry and Individual Differences

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated which type of Mandarin Chinese relative clause (RC)—subject‐extracted relative clause (SRC) or object‐extracted relative clause (ORC)—imposes greater processing demands on second language (L2) learners’ production. Sixty‐two native (L1) Mandarin speakers and 72 L1 Korean learners of Mandarin participated in a picture ...
Deran Kong, Sun‐A Kim, Jeong‐Ah Shin
wiley   +1 more source

Language Dominance Shapes Protracted Development of Nonpersonal Clitics (Even) in Cases of Widespread Bilingualism

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Little research has explored how language dominance may affect the development and ultimate attainment of morphosyntax in a situation of widespread and social bilingualism, where exposure to both languages starts early on and can be sustained over time.
Adriana Soto‐Corominas, Sílvia Perpiñán, Scott James Perry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Simple Explanation for Harmonic Word Order. [PDF]

Cogn Sci
Mansfield J, Krapp LS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Contextual Learning of New Meanings for Familiar Words: Perturbation of Original Meanings Occurs Without Deliberate Study

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study investigated learning new meanings of known words from reading, following Hulme et al.’s (2018) study. English speakers read four short stories containing 16 critical words (i.e., familiar word forms assigned invented secondary meanings).
Nurul Aini Mohd Jelani, Irina Elgort
wiley   +1 more source

Language biomarker screening using AI: a transdiagnostic approach to the brain. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Themistocleous C, Stark BC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Inferential communication: The primacy of external representations

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
We argue that intentionalist accounts of ostensive‐inferential communication fail to adequately explain the role of external representations in human communication. We propose that the contents of a specific form of representational communication, symbolic depictions via spatio‐temporal arrangements of objects, can be inferred without attributing ...
Nima Mussavifard, Gergely Csibra
wiley   +1 more source

Space-use by feral cattle and horses shapes vegetation structure in a trophic rewilding area. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Kristensen JÅ, Buitenwerf R, Berti E, Hansen OLP, Schowanek SD, Ejrnæs R, Hansen MDD, Olsen K, Normand S, Svenning JC.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source