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Abstract：
The statistical account of language acquisition asserts that language is learned through computations on the statistical regularities present in natural languages. This type of account can predict variability in language development measures as arising from individual differences in extracting this statistical information. Given that statistical learning has been attested across different domains and modalities, a central question is which modality is more tightly yoked with language skills. The results of a scoping review, which aimed for the first time at identifying the evidence of the association between statistical learning skills and language outcomes in typically developing infants and children, provide preliminary support for the statistical learning account of language acquisition, mostly in the domain of lexical outcomes, indicating that typically developing infants and children with stronger auditory and audio-visual statistical learning skills perform better on lexical competence tasks. The results also suggest that the relevance of statistical learning skills for language development is dependent on sensory modality.
摘要：
语言习得的统计说明断言，语言是通过计算自然语言中存在的统计规律来学习的。这种类型的帐户可以预测语言发展度量的可变性，这是由于提取此统计信息的个体差异而引起的。鉴于统计学习已经在不同的领域和模式中得到了证明，一个核心问题是哪一种情态更紧密地与语言技能结合在一起。范围审查的结果，该研究首次旨在确定典型发育中的婴儿和儿童的统计学习技能与语言结果之间存在关联的证据，为语言习得的统计学习账户提供初步支持，主要是在词汇结果领域，这表明，通常发育中的婴儿和具有更强的听觉和视听统计学习技能的儿童在词汇能力任务中表现更好。结果还表明，统计学习技能与语言发展的相关性取决于感觉方式。
