Overspecified references: An experiment on lexical acquisition in a virtual environment

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Highlights：

• We study the utility of overspecification in language learning.

• We compare two groups of learners receiving different degrees of specification.

• Giving more specification in practise exercises improves lexical acquisition rates.

• Overspecification affects the design of language learning materials and software.

摘要

•We study the utility of overspecification in language learning.•We compare two groups of learners receiving different degrees of specification.•Giving more specification in practise exercises improves lexical acquisition rates.•Overspecification affects the design of language learning materials and software.

论文关键词：Referring expression generation,Overspecification,Lexical acquisition,Virtual worlds,Computer Assisted Language Learning

论文评审过程：Available online 12 March 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.036