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Language growth with experience without feedback.

R F Cromer

    Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
    |May 1, 1987
    PubMed
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    Children can learn language structures through exposure alone, without explicit feedback. This study shows that experiencing language forms can trigger internal processes for accelerated language acquisition.

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    Area of Science:

    • Developmental Psychology
    • Linguistics
    • Child Language Acquisition

    Background:

    • Traditional research focuses on specific language forms in input and child production.
    • The child's active role in language acquisition may be underestimated.
    • Internal cognitive processes might be key to organizing language input.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate language growth in children acquiring a new linguistic structure.
    • To determine if exposure without corrective feedback facilitates acquisition.
    • To explore the child's control over the language acquisition process.

    Main Methods:

    • Longitudinal study tracking language development over one year.
    • Children were exposed to a target linguistic structure at 3-month intervals.

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  • No corrective feedback was provided regarding the interpretation of the structure.

    • Main Results:

    • Children showed accelerated acquisition of the target structure compared to cross-sectional data.
    • Exposure to the structure prompted active processing by the children.
    • Internal reorganization of linguistic knowledge occurred without direct adult feedback.

    Conclusions:

    • Language acquisition can be driven by exposure that prompts the child's active engagement.
    • Children possess internal mechanisms for linguistic reorganization.
    • Implicit learning through experience is a significant factor in child language development.