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The aim is to investigate how variability in sentence structure affects children's ability to learn spatial adpositions in a novel language.

February 5, 2026Royal Society Open ScienceOpen Access

Go above and beyond: does input variability affect children's ability to learn spatial adpositions in a novel language?

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The aim is to investigate how variability in sentence structure affects children's ability to learn spatial adpositions in a novel language.
Used a computerized learning game to teach spatial adpositions in Japanese to 7-8-year-olds.
Compared three groups: high variability (HV), low variability (LV), and skewed input (skew) conditions.
Measured performance on generalization using novel nouns and item learning during training.
Children in the HV group showed better generalization than those in the LV group.
The frequency advantage in item learning was not clearly observed between HL and LV groups.
No additional benefit was found for skewed input over variability.

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Examines how varying sentence structures influences children's learning of spatial adpositions in a new language, suggesting key factors in language acquisition.

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Viviani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698435c9f1d9ada3c1fb4ef3 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251853

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Examines how varying sentence structures influences children's learning of spatial adpositions in a new language, suggesting key factors in language acquisition.

Go above and beyond: does input variability affect children's ability to learn spatial adpositions in a novel language?

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Go above and beyond: does input variability affect children's ability to learn spatial adpositions in a novel language?

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