Reframing statistical learning through natural language paradigms
Marshall, Chloë R. and Gullberg, Marianne LU
(2026)
In Cognitive Science
50(5).
- Abstract
- Scholars propose some new directions for researching statistical learning (SL), including the need to adopt stimuli with greater ecological validity. The language sciences are moving in these directions. Studies investigating adult SL after short exposure to an unfamiliar (spoken or signed) language show that SL can occur from richer, continuous, multimodal input, suggesting that learners are able to track multiple statistics. This makes it more plausible that SL operates in naturalistic, interactive situations. This paradigm shift can potentially extend our understanding of the exact ways in which SL is deployed in the service of learning languages, thereby refining it theoretically and clarifying its place in cognitive science.
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- author
- Marshall, Chloë R.
and Gullberg, Marianne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2026-05-19
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Second language acquisition, SLA, first exposure, naturalistic input, Statistical learning
- in
- Cognitive Science
- volume
- 50
- issue
- 5
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:105039570262
- ISSN
- 0364-0213
- DOI
- 10.1111/cogs.70225
- project
- Transdisciplinary Approaches to Learning, Acquisition, Multilingualism (TEAM)
- Breaking into sign language: the role of input and individual differences
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 82c8407c-c3fa-4190-a73d-0ba55a1e82ac
- date added to LUP
- 2026-05-19 22:09:45
- date last changed
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title = {{Reframing statistical learning through natural language paradigms}},
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