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Sensitivity to Syntax in Visual Cortex
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Dikker, Suzanne; Rabagliati, Hugh; Pylkkanen, Liina – Cognition, 2009
One of the most intriguing findings on language comprehension is that violations of syntactic predictions can affect event-related potentials as early as 120 ms, in the same time-window as early sensory processing. This effect, the so-called early left-anterior negativity (ELAN), has been argued to reflect word category access and initial…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Cues, Syntax
The Effect of Phonological Neighborhood Density on Eye Movements during Reading
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Yates, Mark; Friend, John; Ploetz, Danielle M. – Cognition, 2008
Recent research has indicated that phonological neighbors speed processing in a variety of isolated word recognition tasks. Nevertheless, as these tasks do not represent how we normally read, it is not clear if phonological neighborhood has an effect on the reading of sentences for meaning. In the research reported here, we evaluated whether…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Sentences, Phonology, Eye Movements
Interaction with Autonomy: Multiple Output Models and the Inadequacy of the Great Divide.
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Boland, Jule E; Cutler, Anne – Cognition, 1996
In some psycholinguistic models, processing is characterized by generation of multiple outputs using information from higher processing levels. Such models are considered autonomous in word recognition domain but interactive in sentence processing domain. This confusion arises not from differences between lexical and syntactic processing, but from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistics
The Role of Prosodic Boundaries in the Resolution of Lexical Embedding in Speech Comprehension
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Salverda, Anne Pier; Dahan, Delphine; McQueen, James M. – Cognition, 2003
Participants' eye movements were monitored as they heard sentences and saw four pictured objects on a computer screen. Participants were instructed to click on the object mentioned in the sentence. There were more transitory fixations to pictures representing monosyllabic words (e.g. "ham") when the first syllable of the target word (e.g.…
Descriptors: Sentences, Cues, Eye Movements, Word Recognition
The Temporal Structure of Spoken Language Understanding.
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Marslen-Wilson, William; Tyler, Lorraine Komisarjevsky – Cognition, 1980
An investigation of word-by-word time-course of spoken language understanding focused on word recognition and structural and interpretative processes. Results supported an online interactive language processing theory, in which lexical, structural, and interpretative knowledge sources communicate and interact during processing efficiently and…
Descriptors: Adults, Comprehension, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory
Semantic Focus and Sentence Comprehension.
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Cutler, Anne; Fodor, Jerry A. – Cognition, 1979
Reaction time to detect a phoneme target in a sentence was faster when the target-containing word formed part of the semantic focus of the sentence. Sentence understanding was facilitated by rapid identification of focused information. Active search for accented words can be interpreted as a search for semantic focus. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Adults, Higher Education, Linguistic Performance, Listening Comprehension