Processing Syntax and Morphology: A Neurocognitive Perspective

Contents......Page 6
General Preface......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
List of Plates......Page 13
List of Figures......Page 14
List of Tables......Page 15
List of Abbreviations......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 18
2 Methodological Prerequisites......Page 20
2.1.1 Electroencephalography (EEG)......Page 21
2.1.2 Magnetoencephalography (MEG)......Page 30
2.2.1 Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)......Page 31
2.2.2 Positron emission tomography (PET)......Page 35
2.2.3 Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)......Page 36
2.3.1 Correlations between time and space......Page 37
2.3.2 Correlations between neurocognitive patterns and functions: The one-to-one mapping problem......Page 39
2.4 The output: Behavioral methods......Page 41
2.4.1 Judgments......Page 42
2.4.2 Speed–accuracy trade-off (SAT)......Page 44
2.4.3 ‘‘Online’’ methods......Page 46
2.5 Summary......Page 51
Part I. Syntax and Morphology at the Word Level......Page 54
Overview......Page 56
3 Basic Categories: The Noun–Verb Distinction......Page 58
4 Inflectional Morphology......Page 64
4.1 The neuroanatomical perspective......Page 67
4.2 The electrophysiological perspective......Page 74
5 Derivational Morphology......Page 86
6 Syntax and Morphology at the Word Level: Summary and Critical Evaluation......Page 97
Part II. Syntax and Morphology in Sentence Processing......Page 102
Overview......Page 104
7.1 The goal: From form to meaning......Page 106
7.2 Sentence comprehension: The major questions......Page 111
7.3 The neurocognitive perspective......Page 120
8 Constituent Structure......Page 124
9 Relational Structure......Page 132
9.1 Relational aspects of verb and verb–argument processing......Page 134
9.2 From case to word order – establishing relations between arguments in verb-final constructions......Page 144
9.3 From word order to grammatical functions......Page 177
10.1 Processing relative clauses......Page 204
10.2 Processing long-distance dependencies......Page 215
11 The Processing of Modifiers......Page 226
11.1 Preferences for core over periphery......Page 227
11.2 Attachment ambiguities......Page 231
11.3 Summary......Page 234
12 On the Functional Interpretation of Late Positive ERP Effects in Language Processing......Page 236
12.1 The late positivity as a correlate of syntactic processing?......Page 237
12.2 The late positivity as a correlate of the syntax–semantics interaction?......Page 239
12.3 The late positivity as a correlate of semantic processing?......Page 240
12.4 The late positivity as a domain-general component?......Page 243
12.5 Summary......Page 247
Part III. Processing Syntax and Morphology at the Interfaces......Page 250
Overview......Page 252
13 The Influence of Prosody......Page 254
13.1 The neurocognitive correlates of prosodic phrasing......Page 255
13.2 The role of prosodic phrasing within the neurocognitive processing architecture......Page 258
14.1 Neurocognitive correlates of given vs. new information......Page 264
14.2 The interaction of inter- and intra-sentential information structural requirements......Page 269
14.3 Information structure and word order......Page 277
14.4 Information structure in other domains......Page 282
14.5 Summary......Page 286
Part IV. Neurocognitive Models of Syntactic and Morphological Processing......Page 288
Overview......Page 290
15.1 The declarative/procedural model......Page 292
15.2 The memory, unification, and control (MUC) framework......Page 297
15.3 The neurocognitive model of auditory sentence comprehension......Page 302
15.4 The extended argument dependency model (eADM)......Page 305
16 Future Directions......Page 312
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Language Index......Page 370
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