The Influence of Bilingualism on Statistical Word Learning: A Registered Reportuse asterix (*) to get italics

Simonetti, M. E., Lorenz, M. G., Koch, I., & Roembke, T. Please use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

2024

<p>While statistical word learning has been the focus of many studies on monolinguals, it has<br>received little attention in bilinguals. The results of existing studies on statistical word learning<br>in bilinguals are inconsistent, with some research reporting a bilingual advantage over<br>monolinguals but others finding no difference between groups. Thus, our study will investigate<br>statistical learning using the Cross-Situational Statistical Learning paradigm between two<br>groups: English-German bilinguals and English monolinguals. Participants will learn 1:1<br>mappings (one word maps onto one object) and 1:2 mappings (one word maps onto two<br>objects). In contrast to previous studies, we will measure learning continuously and analyse<br>trial-by-trial behaviour closely to understand fine-grained learning differences across language<br>groups. We predict that it will generally be easier to acquire 1:1 than 1:2 mappings, but more<br>importantly, we predict that bilinguals will outperform monolinguals for 1:2 mappings only,<br>consistent with a specific bilingual advantage.</p>

Bilingualism, cross-situational statistical learning, cross-situational word learning, statistical learning, language acquisition

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Isabelle Dautriche [isabelle.dautriche@cnrs.fr] suggested: Paola Escudero paola.escudero@westernsydney.edu.au , Isabelle Dautriche [isabelle.dautriche@cnrs.fr] suggested: Mahesh Srinivasan <srinivasan@berkeley.edu>

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2023-06-28 15:37:58

Elizabeth Wonnacott