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Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication ACLC

S.B. (Sybren) Spit MA

Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Taalwetenschap
Photographer: Tessa Posthuma de Boer voor Faces of Science
Visiting address
  • Spuistraat 134
  • Room number: 4.25
Postal address
  • Postbus 1642
    1000 BP Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    PhD Project

    In November 2016, I started a PhD Project titled 'Meta-linguistic awarenss in early (second) language acquisition' . This project investigates the common assumpution that children learn their first language entirely implicitly and without any conscious awareness of form and grammar. Although the role of meta-linguistic awareness in adult language acquisition is extensively studied such research is virtually absent in the field of child language acquisition. In this project, I investigate whether children develop any meta-linguistic knowledge when acquiring a language. Using an Esperanto based miniature language, a first study investigates if young monolingual Dutch children show any awareness when acquiring a language. A follow-up study will investigate whether children might even benefit from this kind of awareness when acquiring a language.

    This project is under supervision of Enoch Aboh, Sible Andringa and Judith Rispens

    Faces of Science

    In 2017, I have been chosen as one of the 'Faces of Science' by the KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences). This project aims to inform people about what it means to be a scientist. You can stay up to date here (in Dutch).  

     

  • Teaching

    2017–2018

    2016–2017

  • Publications

    2022

    • Geambașu, A., Spit, S., van Renswoude, D., Blom, E., Fikkert, P. J. P. M., Hunnius, S., Junge, C. C. M. M., Verhagen, J., Visser, I., Wijnen, F., & Levelt, C. C. (2022). Robustness of the rule-learning effect in 7-month-old infants: A close, multicenter replication of Marcus et al. (1999). Developmental Science, e13244. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13244
    • Spit, S., Andringa, S., Rispens, J., & Aboh, E. O. (2022). The Effect of Explicit Instruction on Implicit and Explicit Linguistic Knowledge in Kindergartners. Language Learning and Development, 18(2), 201-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2021.1941968 [details]

    2021

    • Leeuwestein, H., Barking, M., Sodacı, H., Oudgenoeg‐Paz , O., Verhagen, J., Vogt, P., Aarts, R., Spit, S., de Haas, M., de Wit, J., & Leseman, P. (2021). Teaching Turkish-Dutch kindergarteners Dutch vocabulary with a social robot: Does the robot's use of Turkish translations benefit children's Dutch vocabulary learning? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37(3), 603-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12510 [details]
    • Spit, S., Andringa, S., Rispens, J., & Aboh, E. O. (2021). Do Kindergarteners Develop Awareness of the Statistical Regularities They Acquire? Language Learning, 71(2), 573-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12445 [details]

    2019

    2020

    • Spit, S. B., Andringa, S. J., Rispens, J. E., & Aboh, E. O. (2020). Kindergarteners use cross-situational statistics to infer the meaning of grammatical elements. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kyvnz

    2019

    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2019). Zien kleuters het als ze de taalregels snappen?. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2019). Zien kleuters het, als ze de taalregels doorhebben?. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .

    2018

    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Een miljoen voor een minder WEIRDe taalwetenschap. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Het estafettestokje deel 3. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Hoe weet je of iemand weet wat hij/zij weet?. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Ik zie, ik zie wat jij niet. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Kies de studie die je leuk vindt: Ook als dat een geesteswetenschap is. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Waarom je deze zomer een boek over voetbal moet lezen. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Wanneer is een taal een taal?. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2018). Zijn kleuters zich bewust van de taal die ze leren?. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .

    2017

    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2017). Cliffhangers in de wetenschap. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2017). Lekker leren praten. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2017). Mauwen en rappen met Ronnie. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2017). Mysterieuze taalspelletjes in Game of Thrones. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2017). Ode aan de juf en meester. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .
    • Spit, S. B. (Author). (2017). Transferperikelen. Web publication/site, Kennislink: .

    2018

    • Spit, S. B., Andringa, S. J., Rispens, J. E., & Aboh, E. O. (2018). Kindergarteners’ statistical learning is influenced by instruction.

    2017

    Others

    • Andringa, S. (organiser) & Spit, S. (organiser) (14-6-2019). Awareness in humans and machines, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Spit, S. B. (organiser) & Andringa, S. (organiser) (8-12-2017). Awareness in Animal Cognition, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2022

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