2017
The Effect of Zipfian Frequency Variations on Category Formation in Adult Artificial Language Learning
Schuler KD, Reeder PA, Newport EL, Aslin RN. The Effect of Zipfian Frequency Variations on Category Formation in Adult Artificial Language Learning. Language Learning And Development 2017, 13: 357-374. PMID: 30405323, PMCID: PMC6217973, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2016.1263571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtificial languageGrammatical categoriesNatural languageArtificial language learningDistributional informationLanguage learningHuman learnersDistributional learningIndividual wordsDistributional contextsFrequent wordsCategory formationLanguageCategory structureZipfian distributionWordsLearnersCertain contextsRecent researchContextLearningCuesCategoriesTaskCategorization
2005
The Role of Embodied Intention in Early Lexical Acquisition
Yu C, Ballard D, Aslin R. The Role of Embodied Intention in Early Lexical Acquisition. Cognitive Science 2005, 29: 961-1005. PMID: 21702799, DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_40.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWord-meaning associationsLexical acquisitionReferential intentionsSocial cognitive skillsEarly lexical acquisitionInfant language developmentDifferent learning conditionsBody movementsCognitive skillsMultisensory signalsWord discoveryIndividual wordsLanguage developmentLearning conditionsHuman participantsContinuous speechComputational roleSound patternsLexical itemsContextual informationDeictic referenceComputational modelEmpirical findingsWordsIntention