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Morphological encoding beyond slots and fillers
- One important organizational property of morphology is competition. Different means of expression are in conflict with each other for encoding the same grammatical function. In the current study, we examined the nature of this control mechanism by testing the formation of comparative adjectives in English during language production. Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded during cued silent production, the first study of this kind for comparative adjective formation. We specifically examined the ERP correlates of producing synthetic relative to analytic comparatives, e.g. angriervs. more angry. A frontal, bilaterally distributed, enhanced negative-going waveform for analytic comparatives (vis-a-vis synthetic ones) emerged approximately 300ms after the (silent) production cue. We argue that this ERP effect reflects a control mechanism that constrains grammatically-based computational processes (viz. more comparative formation). We also address the possibility that this particular ERP effect may belong to a family ofOne important organizational property of morphology is competition. Different means of expression are in conflict with each other for encoding the same grammatical function. In the current study, we examined the nature of this control mechanism by testing the formation of comparative adjectives in English during language production. Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded during cued silent production, the first study of this kind for comparative adjective formation. We specifically examined the ERP correlates of producing synthetic relative to analytic comparatives, e.g. angriervs. more angry. A frontal, bilaterally distributed, enhanced negative-going waveform for analytic comparatives (vis-a-vis synthetic ones) emerged approximately 300ms after the (silent) production cue. We argue that this ERP effect reflects a control mechanism that constrains grammatically-based computational processes (viz. more comparative formation). We also address the possibility that this particular ERP effect may belong to a family of previously observed negativities reflecting cognitive control monitoring, rather than morphological encoding processes per se.…
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| Author details: | Harald ClahsenORCiDGND, Silke PaulmannORCiD, Mary-Jane BuddORCiD, Christopher Barry |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-426481 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-42648 |
| ISSN: | 1866-8364 |
| Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
| Subtitle (English): | an ERP study of comparative formation in English |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (550) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2019/05/29 |
| Publication year: | 2018 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2019/05/29 |
| Tag: | adjectives; brain potentials; cognitive control; electrophysiological evidence; event-related potentials; language production; past-tense; single word; time-course; word production |
| Issue: | 550 |
| Number of pages: | 16 |
| Source: | PLoS ONE 13 (2018) 7, Art. e0199897 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199897 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Grantor: | Public Library of Science (PLOS) |
| License (German): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
| External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |
