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This study extends to linguaform patterns the results of earlier studies of schematic concept formation (SCF) with histoforms. Linguaform patterns were constructed as sequences of syllables into which schemata were introduced by a Markov process which favored the occurrence of chosen pairs of syllables. Different pairings of syllables produced different schemata. An oddity task was used to test for SCF; the problem required finding the odd sequence in a set of three sequences, two of which had the same schema. All Ss performed above chance and improved with experience, whether the odd pattern represented a different schema or a random sequence. Performance was equally good with and without knowledge of results.
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1. This research was supported by grant No. TCU/RF 6672 from the TCU research foundation. The second author is responsible for the development of the linguaforms and wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Carl Duncan, whose insightful suggestions initiated the idea.
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Hollier, J., Evans, S.H. Schematic concept formation with linguaform patterns. Psychon Sci 9, 89–90 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330773
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