A sheet of coffee: an event-related brain potential study of the processing of classifier-noun sequences in English and Mandarin
| Autor: | Zhiying Qian, Susan M. Garnsey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Linguistics and Language
business.industry Cognitive Neuroscience Speech recognition 05 social sciences Experimental and Cognitive Psychology computer.software_genre Mandarin Chinese 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics language.human_language 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Noun Frontal negativity language 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Artificial intelligence Psychology business Classifier (UML) computer 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Natural language processing |
| Zdroj: | Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 31:761-784 |
| ISSN: | 2327-3801 2327-3798 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23273798.2016.1153116 |
| Popis: | Comprehension of classifier-noun sequences was examined in separate studies in English and Mandarin by comparing event-related brain potential (ERP) responses to classifier-noun matches (a sheet of paper) and mismatches (a sheet of coffee) embedded in sentences. One goal was to determine which ERP components are sensitive to such mismatches, as a clue about the nature of the underlying combinatorial processes. Another goal was to examine effects of classifier constraint strength (a piece of … vs. a sheet of … ) on anticipation of a subsequent noun. Results were similar in the two languages, which is remarkable given substantial differences between them in classifier usage. In both languages, nouns evoked larger N400s in mismatching classifier-noun sequences, suggesting that combinatorial processing was primarily semantic, and general classifiers evoked a larger sustained frontal negativity than specific classifiers starting 200 milliseconds after classifier onset, reflecting effects of constraint... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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