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    "pk": 49279,
    "title": "Distributional learning over meaningful words facilitates semantic inferences about previously unknown words",
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    "abstract": "Prior research suggests that a small vocabulary of meaningful words (a semantic seed) aids distributional learning. In two experiments, we show that adults who are exposed to a complex artificial language are better at inferring the meaning of previously unknown pseudowords when they were taught a semantic seed prior to distributional exposure. We further show that the benefit of a semantic seed is driven primarily by using seed words to discover the relationship between distributional and semantic classes. These results have implications for how syntactic bootstrapping begins.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Cognitive development; Language acquisition; Statistical learning"
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    "section": "Papers with Oral Presentation",
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        {
            "first_name": "Abigail",
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            "last_name": "Laver",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Pennsylvania",
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        {
            "first_name": "Heesu",
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            "last_name": "Yun",
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            "institution": "Northeastern University",
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        {
            "first_name": "Albert",
            "middle_name": "E.",
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            "institution": "University of Colorado",
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        {
            "first_name": "John",
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            "last_name": "Trueswell",
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            "institution": "University of Pennsylvania",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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