Are Human Learners Capable of Learning Arbitrary Language Structures

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 181
• Main Author: Lin, Yu-Leng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: artificial grammar learning; Constraints; Experiments; Generative grammar; Grammar; harmony; Laboratories; Language; Language acquisition; Learning; Naturalness; phonetic naturalness; Phonetics; Phonology; Sonority; United Kingdom; Taiwan; harmony; phonetic naturalness; artificial grammar learning; phonology

The artificial grammar learning paradigm is a classic method of investigating the influence of universal constraints on shaping learning biases on language acquisition. While this method has been used extensively by linguists to test theoretical claims in generative grammar, one of the most prevalen...