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Beyond syntax: language-related positivities reflect the revision of hierarchies.

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On the basis of an experiment using event-related brain potentials (EPRs), we argue that a characterisation of language-related positivities as necessarily syntax-related is too restrictive. Our data show that, in verb-final German clauses, the ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002Mar in Journal: Neuroreport (Language : eng)

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Beyond syntax: language-related positivities reflect the revision of hierarchies.

Bornkessel I, Schlesewsky M, Friederici AD

Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, P.O. Box 50 03 55, 04303 Leipzig, Germany.

On the basis of an experiment using event-related brain potentials (EPRs), we argue that a characterisation of language-related positivities as necessarily syntax-related is too restrictive. Our data show that, in verb-final German clauses, the processing of a verb which disconfirms the expectations with regard to the hierarchical thematic structure of a sentence (who is doing what to whom) gives rise to an early (200-600 ms) parietal positivity. Thus, positive ERP components elicited during language processing appear to be related to operations (most often revisions) applying to hierarchically structured linguistic information in general, rather than to syntactic structure in particular.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Ina	Bornkessel	I
Matthias	Schlesewsky	M
Angela D	Friederici	AD

Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, P.O. Box 50 03 55, 04303 Leipzig, Germany.

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