Anna Samara|Daniela Singh|Elizabeth Wonnacott
Statistical learning and spelling: Evidence from an incidental learning experiment with children
University College London|University College London|University College London
statistical learning processesakin seen spoken language acquisition saffran et al 1996may important development literacy particularly spelling development one previous study provides direct evidence process samara caravolas 2014 demonstrated 7yearolds generalize permissible letter contexts graphotactics novel wordlike stimuli incidental learning conditions however unlike actual orthography conditioning contexts samara caravolas 2014 stimuli comprised perfectly correlated redundant cues wordinitial wordfinal positions current study explores whether 7yearolds extract constraints absence redundant cues since theories literacy development predict greater sensitivity restrictions within wordfinal units also contrast learning wordinitial wordfinal units demonstrate thatfor 7yearold learners two linguistic contexts english turkishthere substantial evidence learning types restriction