Which aspects of visual motivation aid the implicit learning of signs at first exposure?
(2023) In Language Learning 73(S1). p.33-63- Abstract
- We investigated whether sign-naïve learners can infer and learn the meaning of signs after minimal exposure to continuous, naturalistic input in the form of a weather forecast in Swedish Sign Language. Participants were L1-English adults. Two experimental groups watched the forecast once (N=40) or twice (N=42); a control group did not (N=42). Participants were then asked to assign meaning to 22 target signs. We explored predictors of meaning assignment with respect to item occurrence frequency and three facets of visual-motivation: iconicity, transparency, and gesture similarity. Meaning assignment was enhanced by exposure and item frequency, thereby providing evidence for implicit language learning in a new modality, even under... (More)
- We investigated whether sign-naïve learners can infer and learn the meaning of signs after minimal exposure to continuous, naturalistic input in the form of a weather forecast in Swedish Sign Language. Participants were L1-English adults. Two experimental groups watched the forecast once (N=40) or twice (N=42); a control group did not (N=42). Participants were then asked to assign meaning to 22 target signs. We explored predictors of meaning assignment with respect to item occurrence frequency and three facets of visual-motivation: iconicity, transparency, and gesture similarity. Meaning assignment was enhanced by exposure and item frequency, thereby providing evidence for implicit language learning in a new modality, even under challenging naturalistic conditions. Accuracy was also contingent upon iconicity and transparency, but not upon gesture similarity. Meaning assignment at first exposure is thus visually-motivated, although the overall low accuracy rates and further qualitative analyses suggest that visually-motivated meaning assignment is not always successful. (Less)
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- Hofweber, Julia ; Aumonier, Lizzy ; Janke, Vikki ; Gullberg, Marianne LU and Marshall, Chloe
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- 2023-07-18
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- implicit learning, sign language, iconicity, transparency, gesture, meaning
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- Language Learning
- volume
- 73
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- S1
- pages
- 31 pages
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:85165322492
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- 1467-9922
- DOI
- 10.1111/lang.12587
- project
- Breaking into sign language: the role of input and individual differences
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- English
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