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Salience in Usage-Based SLA
Nick C. Ellis
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In psychology, saliency is defined as the property of a stimulus to stand out from the rest as discussed by the authors, and saliency can be independently determined by physics and the environment, and by our knowledge of the world.Abstract:
Psychological research uses the term salience to refer to the property of a stimulus to stand out from the rest. Salient items or features are attended, are more likely to be perceived, and are more likely to enter into subsequent cognitive processing and learning. Salience can be independently determined by physics and the environment, and by our knowledge of the world. It is useful to think of three aspects of salience, one relating to psychophysics, the other two to what we have learned:read more
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