Zobrazit v EDS

Long-range sequential dependencies precede complex syntactic production in language acquisition.

Uloženo v:
Podrobná bibliografie
Název: Long-range sequential dependencies precede complex syntactic production in language acquisition.
Autoři: Sainburg T; Department of Psychology, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.; Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Mai A; Department of Linguistics, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA., Gentner TQ; Department of Psychology, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.; Neurosciences Graduate Program, Neurobiology Section, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Zdroj: Proceedings. Biological sciences [Proc Biol Sci] 2022 Mar 09; Vol. 289 (1970), pp. 20212657. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 09.
Způsob vydávání: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Jazyk: English
Informace o časopise: Publisher: Royal Society of London Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101245157 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2954 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09628452 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Proc Biol Sci Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: London : Royal Society of London, c1990-
Výrazy ze slovníku MeSH: Language* , Language Development*, Animals ; Drosophila ; Humans ; Linguistics ; Semantics ; Speech
Abstrakt: To convey meaning, human language relies on hierarchically organized, long-range relationships spanning words, phrases, sentences and discourse. As the distances between elements (e.g. phonemes, characters, words) in human language sequences increase, the strength of the long-range relationships between those elements decays following a power law. This power-law relationship has been attributed variously to long-range sequential organization present in human language syntax, semantics and discourse structure. However, non-linguistic behaviours in numerous phylogenetically distant species, ranging from humpback whale song to fruit fly motility, also demonstrate similar long-range statistical dependencies. Therefore, we hypothesized that long-range statistical dependencies in human speech may occur independently of linguistic structure. To test this hypothesis, we measured long-range dependencies in several speech corpora from children (aged 6 months-12 years). We find that adult-like power-law statistical dependencies are present in human vocalizations at the earliest detectable ages, prior to the production of complex linguistic structure. These linguistic structures cannot, therefore, be the sole cause of long-range statistical dependencies in language.
References: Bioessays. 2005 Oct;27(10):1060-8. (PMID: 16163729)
Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 15;8(1):4570. (PMID: 29545558)
Science. 2002 Nov 22;298(5598):1569-79. (PMID: 12446899)
Am J Psychol. 1955 Dec;68(4):650-3. (PMID: 13275612)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 23;103(21):7956-61. (PMID: 16698933)
Nature. 2007 Oct 25;449(7165):1044-8. (PMID: 17960243)
J Acoust Soc Am. 2013 May;133(5):2931-46. (PMID: 23654398)
Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 12;10(1):3636. (PMID: 31406118)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Oct 18;113(42):11943-11948. (PMID: 27702892)
PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44436. (PMID: 23028539)
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 1997 Dec;40(6):1314-27. (PMID: 9430751)
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2001 May;76(2):161-209. (PMID: 11396846)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 17;109(29):11582-7. (PMID: 22753514)
J Child Lang. 1986 Jun;13(2):275-92. (PMID: 3745332)
Phys Rev A. 1991 May 15;43(10):5240-5260. (PMID: 9904836)
J Neurosci. 2015 Sep 23;35(38):13257-65. (PMID: 26400953)
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2014 May;1316:87-104. (PMID: 24697242)
Dev Sci. 2006 Nov;9(6):574-82. (PMID: 17059454)
Hum Mov Sci. 2011 Oct;30(5):889-905. (PMID: 21196059)
Neuron. 2010 May 13;66(3):353-69. (PMID: 20471349)
J Child Lang. 2008 Feb;35(1):99-127. (PMID: 18300431)
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2007 Apr;50(2):508-28. (PMID: 17463244)
Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics. 1994 Jul;50(1):R47-R49. (PMID: 9962027)
Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 21;7(1):8397. (PMID: 28827738)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 26;110(9):3585-90. (PMID: 23401536)
Phys Rev Lett. 1993 Mar 1;70(9):1343-6. (PMID: 10054352)
Nat Neurosci. 2019 May;22(5):820-827. (PMID: 30962628)
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2001 Oct;2(10):717-26. (PMID: 11584309)
Science. 2012 Feb 10;335(6069):665-6. (PMID: 22323807)
Psychon Bull Rev. 2001 Mar;8(1):162-7. (PMID: 11340862)
Nature. 1992 Mar 12;356(6365):168-70. (PMID: 1301010)
J Speech Hear Res. 1995 Dec;38(6):1199-211. (PMID: 8747814)
J Exp Psychol. 1952 Aug;44(2):114-25. (PMID: 12990752)
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2005 Aug;72(2 Pt 2):026140. (PMID: 16196677)
J Psycholinguist Res. 1972 Sep;1(3):257-68. (PMID: 24197685)
PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 Dec 28;17(12):e1009707. (PMID: 34962915)
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 1982 Jun;29(6):456-7. (PMID: 7106796)
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci. 2012 Mar;3(2):185-203. (PMID: 26301394)
Am J Primatol. 1993;31(4):241-261. (PMID: 31936992)
J Neurosci. 2001 Feb 15;21(4):1370-7. (PMID: 11160408)
Am J Psychol. 1951 Jul;64(3):369-79. (PMID: 14857223)
Behav Processes. 2019 Jun;163:53-59. (PMID: 29122641)
Curr Biol. 2007 Mar 6;17(5):412-7. (PMID: 17320393)
Behav Processes. 1982 Jun;7(2):93-106. (PMID: 24895959)
Cogn Neuropsychol. 2000 Jun 1;17(4):297-338. (PMID: 20945185)
Proc Biol Sci. 2022 Mar 9;289(1970):20212657. (PMID: 35259983)
Cognition. 2009 Dec;113(3):262-280. (PMID: 18926527)
Science. 2003 Nov 14;302(5648):1181-5. (PMID: 14615530)
J Acoust Soc Am. 2006 Mar;119(3):1849-66. (PMID: 16583924)
Trends Cogn Sci. 2008 May;12(5):201-8. (PMID: 18420448)
J R Soc Interface. 2016 Aug;13(121):. (PMID: 27581484)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 18;112(33):10336-41. (PMID: 26240370)
PLoS Comput Biol. 2013;9(5):e1003052. (PMID: 23658509)
Curr Biol. 2018 Jun 18;28(12):1851-1859.e4. (PMID: 29887304)
Proc Biol Sci. 2014 Oct 7;281(1792):. (PMID: 25143037)
Psychol Sci. 2017 Feb;28(2):181-192. (PMID: 28074675)
Annu Rev Neurosci. 1999;22:567-631. (PMID: 10202549)
Grant Information: R01 DC018055 United States DC NIDCD NIH HHS
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: hierarchy; language acquisition; language evolution; power law
Molecular Sequence: figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5862335
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20220309 Date Completed: 20220516 Latest Revision: 20231105
Update Code: 20250114
PubMed Central ID: PMC8905171
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2657
PMID: 35259983
Databáze: MEDLINE
Popis
Abstrakt:To convey meaning, human language relies on hierarchically organized, long-range relationships spanning words, phrases, sentences and discourse. As the distances between elements (e.g. phonemes, characters, words) in human language sequences increase, the strength of the long-range relationships between those elements decays following a power law. This power-law relationship has been attributed variously to long-range sequential organization present in human language syntax, semantics and discourse structure. However, non-linguistic behaviours in numerous phylogenetically distant species, ranging from humpback whale song to fruit fly motility, also demonstrate similar long-range statistical dependencies. Therefore, we hypothesized that long-range statistical dependencies in human speech may occur independently of linguistic structure. To test this hypothesis, we measured long-range dependencies in several speech corpora from children (aged 6 months-12 years). We find that adult-like power-law statistical dependencies are present in human vocalizations at the earliest detectable ages, prior to the production of complex linguistic structure. These linguistic structures cannot, therefore, be the sole cause of long-range statistical dependencies in language.
ISSN:1471-2954
DOI:10.1098/rspb.2021.2657