The Linguistic Processes Underlying the P600

Autor/inn/en	Gouvea, Ana C.; Phillips, Colin; Kazanina, Nina; Poeppel, David
Titel	The Linguistic Processes Underlying the P600
Quelle	In: Language and Cognitive Processes, 25 (2010) 2, S.149-188 (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0169-0965
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Topography; Cognitive Psychology; Cognitive Processes; Language Processing; Syntax; Language Research; Young Adults; Neurolinguistics; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Topografie; Kognitive Psychologie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Sprachverarbeitung; Sprachforschung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Neurolinguistisches Programmieren
Abstract	The P600 is an event-related brain potential (ERP) typically associated with the processing of grammatical anomalies or incongruities. A similar response has also been observed in fully acceptable long-distance "wh"-dependencies. Such findings raise the question of whether these ERP responses reflect common underlying processes, and what might be the specific mechanisms that are shared between successful processing of well-formed sentences and the detection and repair of syntactic anomalies. The current study presents a comparison of the ERP responses elicited by syntactic violations, garden path sentences, and long-distance "wh"-dependencies, using maximally similar materials in a within-subjects design. Results showed that a P600 component was elicited by syntactic violations and garden path sentences, but was less robustly elicited in the long-distance "wh"-dependency condition. Differences in the scalp topography, onset and duration of the P600 effects are characterised in terms of the syntactic operations involved in building complex syntactic structures, with particular attention to retrieval processes, which control the latency of the P600, and structure building processes, which control its duration and amplitude. (Contains 1 footnote, 3 tables, and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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