Bovolenta, Giulia orcid.org/0000-0003-4139-6446 and Williams, John N. (2022) Implicit Learning in Production:Productive Generalization of New Form–Meaning Connections in the Absence of Awareness. Language Learning. ISSN 0023-8333
Abstract
Second language implicit learning research has shown that a variety of linguistic features can be acquired without awareness. However, this research overwhelmingly uses comprehension tests to measure implicit learning. It remains unclear whether newly acquired implicit knowledge can also be recruited for production. To address this question, we developed a novel paradigm based on elicited recall and false memory that was used to both train participants and test their implicit knowledge in production, including generating new instances of the rule. Participants learned a semiartificial language containing a rule based on one in a natural language (the alternation between Czech spatial prepositions v and na). Participants who remained unaware of the rule, as assessed by verbal report, nevertheless were able to use it in a production test involving novel items, while believing that they were performing a cued recall test. Even without extensive training, newly acquired implicit knowledge can immediately be evident in production.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors |
Keywords: | implicit learning,language production,elicited recall,false memory |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2022 12:40 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:48 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12551 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/lang.12551 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194069 |
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