Abstract
meaning is primarily allocentric as opposed to egocentric: speaker success in learning a social-indexical meaning pattern depends on overall exposure to the pattern more than the pattern’s relative importance to the speaker. We base these claims on data from American English-speaking adults, Datooga-speaking children, as well as adults and children speaking Murrinhpatha. The results highlight the importance of widening the sample of methods and data sources in studying how variation in language is learned and maintained.
| Language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CogSci 2018 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society |
| Editors | Tim Rogers, Marina Rau, Jerry Zhu, Chuck Kalish |
| Place of Publication | Austin, TX |
| Publisher | Cognitive Science Society |
| Pages | 2303-2308 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780991196784 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (40th : 2018) - Madison, United States Duration: 25 Jul 2018 → 28 Jul 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (40th : 2018) |
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| Abbreviated title | CogSci 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| City | Madison |
| Period | 25/07/18 → 28/07/18 |
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Egocentric and allocentric learning of social-indexical meaning in American English, Datooga, and Murrinhpatha. / Rácz, Péter; Mitchell, Alice; Blythe, Joe.
CogSci 2018: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. ed. / Tim Rogers; Marina Rau; Jerry Zhu; Chuck Kalish. Austin, TX : Cognitive Science Society, 2018. p. 2303-2308.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › Research › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Egocentric and allocentric learning of social-indexical meaning in American English, Datooga, and Murrinhpatha
AU - Rácz,Péter
AU - Mitchell,Alice
AU - Blythe,Joe
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We address competing perspectives on how social-indexical meaning is learned in language, using data from artificial language learning experiments and two studies in small-scale societies. Our results indicate that learning social-indexicalmeaning is primarily allocentric as opposed to egocentric: speaker success in learning a social-indexical meaning pattern depends on overall exposure to the pattern more than the pattern’s relative importance to the speaker. We base these claims on data from American English-speaking adults, Datooga-speaking children, as well as adults and children speaking Murrinhpatha. The results highlight the importance of widening the sample of methods and data sources in studying how variation in language is learned and maintained.
AB - We address competing perspectives on how social-indexical meaning is learned in language, using data from artificial language learning experiments and two studies in small-scale societies. Our results indicate that learning social-indexicalmeaning is primarily allocentric as opposed to egocentric: speaker success in learning a social-indexical meaning pattern depends on overall exposure to the pattern more than the pattern’s relative importance to the speaker. We base these claims on data from American English-speaking adults, Datooga-speaking children, as well as adults and children speaking Murrinhpatha. The results highlight the importance of widening the sample of methods and data sources in studying how variation in language is learned and maintained.
KW - language learning
KW - variation
KW - American English
KW - Datooga
KW - Murrinhpatha
UR - http://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2018/
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
SN - 9780991196784
SP - 2303
EP - 2308
BT - CogSci 2018
PB - Cognitive Science Society
CY - Austin, TX
ER -