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    "pk": 28803,
    "title": "Do learners’ word order preferences reflect hierarchical language structure?",
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    "abstract": "Previous research has argued that learners infer word order pat-terns when learning a new language based on knowledge aboutunderlying structure, rather than linear order (Culbertson &Adger, 2014). Specifically, learners prefer typologically com-mon noun phrase word order patterns that transparently reflecthow elements like nouns, adjectives, numerals, and demon-stratives combine hierarchically. We test whether this resultstill holds after removing a potentially confounding strategypresent in the original study design. We find that when learn-ers are taught a naturalistic “foreign” language, a clear prefer-ence for noun phrase word order is replicated but for a subsetof modifier types originally tested. Specifically, participantspreferred noun phrases with the order N-Adj-Dem (as in “mugred this”) over the order N-Dem-Adj (as in “mug this red”).However, they showed no preference between orders N-Adj-Num (as in “mugs red two”) and N-Num-Adj (as in “mugstwo red”). We interpret this sensitivity as potentially reflectingan asymmetry among modifier types in the underlying hierar-chical structure.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "language; learning; syntax; typology"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentations",
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        {
            "first_name": "Alexander",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Martin",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Edinburgh",
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        {
            "first_name": "Klaus",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Abels",
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            "institution": "University College London",
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            "first_name": "David",
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            "last_name": "Adger",
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            "institution": "Queen Mary University of London",
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            "first_name": "Jennifer",
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            "last_name": "Culbertson",
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            "institution": "University of Edinburgh",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2019-01-02T00:00:00+06:00",
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