Department of Psychology.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2022 Jul;48(7):1064-1081. doi: 10.1037/xlm0001122. Epub 2022 Apr 7.
Human word learning is remarkable: We not only learn thousands of words but also form organized semantic networks in which words are interconnected according to meaningful links, such as those between and . These links play key roles in our abilities to use language. How do words become integrated into our semantic networks? Here, we investigated whether humans integrate new words by harnessing simple statistical regularities of word use in language, including: (a) Direct co-occurrence (e.g., ) and (b) Shared co-occurrence (e.g., and both co-occur with ). In four reported experiments ( = 139), semantic priming (Experiments 1-3) and eye-tracking (Experiment 4) paradigms revealed that new words became linked to familiar words following exposure to sentences in which they either directly co-occurred, or shared co-occurrence. This finding highlights a potentially key role for co-occurrence in building organized word knowledge that is fundamental to our unique fluency with language. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
我们不仅学习数千个单词，还会形成组织化的语义网络，其中单词根据有意义的联系相互关联，例如 和 。这些联系在我们使用语言的能力中起着关键作用。单词是如何融入我们的语义网络的？在这里，我们研究了人类是否通过利用语言使用中的简单统计规律来整合新单词，包括：（a）直接共现（例如 ）和（b）共享共现（例如 和 都与 共现）。在四个报告的实验中（n = 139），语义启动（实验 1-3）和眼动追踪（实验 4）范式表明，新单词在接触到包含直接共现或共享共现的句子后，会与熟悉的单词建立联系。这一发现强调了共现对于构建组织化单词知识的潜在关键作用，这种知识是我们独特语言流畅性的基础。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
