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Rácz, Péter; Hay, Jennifer B.; Pierrehumbert, Janet B. – Language Learning, 2020
In this study, we investigated the learning of indexical features by English-speaking adults using a novel experimental paradigm. In a conceptual replication of Rácz, Hay, and Pierrehumbert (2017), participants learned an allomorphy pattern cued by a given social context. The social contexts were represented by conversation partners who differed…
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Generalization, Second Language Learning, Age Differences
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Matthiessen, Christian M. I. M. – Language Learning, 2009
This article is concerned with how meaning potential, in particular an individual's personalized meaning potential, emerges from acts of meaning. This happens during different time frames: logogenetic--the creation of meaning in text; ontogenetic--the learning of a personalized meaning potential; and phylogenetic--the evolution of the collective…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Learning Processes, Language Acquisition, Reader Text Relationship
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Ramirez-Esparza, Nairan; Harris, Kathryn; Hellermann, John; Richard, Clemence; Kuhl, Patricia K.; Reder, Steve – Language Learning, 2012
Drawing on a large corpus of video-recorded classroom data, the goal of this study was to understand the processes and mechanisms associated with learning in individuals who have had little education in their home countries. In order to accomplish this goal, we measured the socio-interactive behaviors and the expression of personality behaviors in…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students