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Brain responses to morphologically complex verbs: An electrophysiological study of Swedish regular and irregular past tense forms.
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Journal of Neurolinguistics . Aug2019, Vol. 51, p76-83. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The present electrophysiological study investigated irregular versus regular verb form processing in Swedish during reading. In line with previous results from other languages, overregularized verbs, i.e. incorrect irregular stem + regular past tense suffix combinations (e.g. * stjäl + de 'steal + past tense'), elicited a left-lateralized negativity (LAN) relative to correct irregulars (stal 'stole'), suggesting rule-based decomposition of regularly inflected words. Lack of a similar effect for misapplication of the irregular stem formation pattern on regular verbs (e.g. * löft 'lifted' instead of lyfte) suggests the involvement of different processing mechanisms, possibly whole word access, for irregular items, at least to some degree. A P600 showing reprocessing was seen for all incorrect forms. The results add cross-linguistic support for morphological decomposition in the verbal inflection of a language where results from previous neurolinguistic studies of nominal inflection have only suggested the use of full-form access to words. • ERPs of both overregularized and irregularized verbs in Swedish were recorded. • LAN obtained for overregularized verbs suggests rule-based decomposition. • Irregularized verbs elicited only a P600 relative to the correct variant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *VERBS
*BRAIN
*INFLECTION (Grammar)
*VOCABULARY
*LANGUAGE & languages
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09116044
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Neurolinguistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136582287
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.01.006