Similarity of referents influences the learning of phonological word forms: Evidence from concurrent word learning

• Published in: Cognition Vol. 190; pp. 42 - 60
• Main Authors: Zhao, Libo, Packard, Stephanie, McMurray, Bob, Gupta, Prahlad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Competition; Computer applications; Learning; Naming; Neural network modeling; Neural networks; Nonword learning; Phonological word form; Phonology; Prosodic units; Real time processing; Reference (Semantic); Referents; Semantics; Similarity; Vocabulary learning; Word form learning; Word learning; Neural network modeling; Similarity; Semantics; Phonological word form; Phonology; Real time processing; Word learning; Word form learning; Nonword learning

•We examine whether similarity of words’ visual referents, an aspect of word semantics, affects learning of word phonology.•This assesses the modularity of semantics, operationalized as visual referents, and phonology, during word learning.•Prior pertinent evidence is mixed and also subject to inter...