The Implicit Learning of Mappings between Forms and Contextually Derived Meanings

Second Language Acquisition, 33:1, pp. 33-55, 2011

24 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2014

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Janny Leung

University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Arts, School of English; Wilfrid Laurier University - Faculty of Liberal Arts

John Williams

University of Cambridge

Date Written: June 11, 2011

Abstract

The traditional implicit learning literature focused primarily on the abstraction of statistical regularities in form-form connections. More attention has been directed toward the implicit learning of form-meaning connections recently, which might be crucial in the acquisition of natural languages. The current article reports evidence for implicit learning of a mapping between a novel set of determiners and thematic roles, obtained using a newly developed reaction time method- ology. The results conclude that contextually derived form-meaning connections might be implicitly learned.

Keywords: form-meaning connections, implicit learning, language, second language acquisition, thematic roles

JEL Classification: Z00

Suggested Citation

Leung, Janny and Williams, John, The Implicit Learning of Mappings between Forms and Contextually Derived Meanings (June 11, 2011). Second Language Acquisition, 33:1, pp. 33-55, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2449131

Janny Leung (Contact Author)

University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Arts, School of English ( email )

Hong Kong

Wilfrid Laurier University - Faculty of Liberal Arts ( email )

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Brantford, Ontario N3T 2W2
Canada

John Williams

University of Cambridge ( email )

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Cambridge, CB2 1TN
United Kingdom

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