Embodiment Effect on the Comprehension of Mandarin Manual Action Language: An ERP Study

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Huili; Li, Jianrong; Wang, Xiaoshuang; Jiang, Meng; Cong, Fengyu; de Vega, Manuel
Titel	Embodiment Effect on the Comprehension of Mandarin Manual Action Language: An ERP Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 48 (2019) 3, S.713-728 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Huili)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-018-09627-6
Schlagwörter	Mandarin Chinese; Language Processing; Psycholinguistics; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Diagnostic Tests; Native Speakers; Sentence Structure; Semantics; Phrase Structure; Perceptual Motor Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Psycholinguistik; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Muttersprachler; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Semantik; Phrasenstruktur; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung
Abstract	Embodiment theories argue that language comprehension involves activating specific sensory--motor systems in the brain. Previous research performed in English and other Indo-European languages suggests that, when compared to compatible sentences referring to the same actions performed sequentially (e.g. 'After cleaning the wound he unrolled the bandage'), incompatible sentences describing two manual actions performed simultaneously by an agent (e.g. 'While cleaning the wound he unrolled the bandage') were worse understood and increased the event-related potentials (ERPs) component N400. The present ERP research aims to further investigate brain response to motor compatibility in native Mandarin speakers. The Chinese experimental sentences described two manual actions either in incongruent conditions marked by the Chinese parallel structure ??… ??… ('yibian…yibian…'/'while… while…') or congruent conditions marked by the sequential structure ?… ??… ('xian…ranhou…'/'firstly… then…'). The last action clause elicited larger fronto-central N400 in the incongruent condition, which reveals that there are semantic embodiment effects on the comprehension of Mandarin manual action language. (As Provided).
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