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The Effect of Distribution of Exposure: An Experimental Study Within the Statistical Learning Paradigm

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2017-06-14
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Osebakken, Kristina Tveit
Partee, Iselin Anne Cecilia
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The present study was designed to investigate whether distribution of exposure might facilitate the learning of noun marking of gender subcategories of an unfamiliar, natural language (Russian). Forty graduate students (20 males and 20 females) participated in a between groups experiment where they were familiarized and tested for learning gender marking of Russian nouns. The stimuli was delivered either as three cycles consecutively of 64 items (in total 192 items) before the test phase (massed condition) or divided into three cycles of 64 items separated by a test phase (distributed condition). Learning was operationalized as significantly higher acceptance rate of grammatical items compared to ungrammatical items. The findings revealed that the two conditions produced the learning as measured by higher acceptance of grammatical items than ungrammatical items. The two conditions did not differ in learning outcome. However, the participants’ response time and acceptance rate could indicate that the two conditions triggered different learning strategies. In addition, the measurement of awareness suggested that the two conditions gave similar awareness during the experiment while also reporting recognition of grammatical items more than ungrammatical items.
 
Denne masteroppgaven ble utviklet for å undersøke om distribuering av eksponering kan lette tilegnelse av kjønnsunderkategorier i et ukjent, naturlig språk (russisk). Førti studenter (20 menn og 20 kvinner) deltok i en mellomgruppedesign hvor de ble kjent og testet for læring av kjønnsmarkering av russiske substantiver. Stimulusmaterialet ble levert enten som en blokk på 192 elementer før testfasen (masse tilstand) eller delt inn i tre blokker med 64 elementer separert av en testfase (distribuert tilstand). Læring ble operasjonalisert som graden av aksept av de grammatiske elementene og avvisning av ugrammatiske elementer under test fasen. Resultatene viste at de to gruppene gav læringen som målt ved aksept av grammatiske elementer og avvisning av ugrammatiske elementer. De to gruppene var ikke forskjellige i læringsutbytte. Deltakernes responstid og aksepteringsrate kan imidlertid indikere at de to betingelsene utløste forskjellige læringsstrategier. I tillegg forsto måling av bevissthet at gruppene hadde liknende bevissthet under forsøket, mens de på samme tid viste en tilbøyelighet til å godta grammatiske elementer mer enn ugrammatiske elementer.
 
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http://hdl.handle.net/1956/16158
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The University of Bergen
Subject
distribution of exposurestatistical learninglanguage acquisitionnatural language
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