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ERIC Number: EJ724608
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jan
Pages: 8
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Decisions, Decisions: Infant Language Learning when Multiple Generalizations Are Possible
Gerken, LouAnn
Cognition, v98 n3 pB67-B74 Jan 2006
Two experiments presented infants with artificial language input in which at least two generalizations were logically possible. The results demonstrate that infants made one of the two generalizations tested, the one that was most statistically consistent with the particular subset of the data they received. The experiments shed light on how learners might go about solving the induction problem for human language.
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Experiments, Generalization
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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