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Rules and similarity processes in artificial grammar and natural second language learning: What is the “default”?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson*
Affiliation:
Department of English, Aoyama Gakuin University, 4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo150-8366, Japanhttp://www.cl.aoyama.ac.jp/~peterr/
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peterr@cl.aoyama.ac.jp
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Abstract

Are rules processes or similarity processes the default for acquisition of grammatical knowledge during natural second language acquisition? Whereas Pothos argues similarity processes are the default in the many areas he reviews, including artificial grammar learning and first language development, I suggest, citing evidence, that in second language acquisition of grammatical morphology “rules processes” may be the default.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 32 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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