The independence of combinatory semantic processing: Evidence from event-related potentials Export

@article{citeulike:165591, abstract = {We recorded event-related brain potentials (ERPs) while participants read sentences, some of which contained an anomalous word. In the critical sentences (e.g., The meal was devouring...), the syntactic cues unambiguously signaled an Agent interpretation of the subject noun, whereas the semantic cues supported a Theme interpretation. An Agent interpretation would render the main verb semantically anomalous (as meals do not devour things). Conversely, the Theme interpretation would render the main verb syntactically anomalous (as the -ED form, not the -ING form, is syntactically appropriate for this interpretation). We report that the main verbs in such sentences elicit the P600 effect associated with syntactic anomalies, rather than the N400 effect associated with semantic anomalies. We conclude that, at least under certain conditions, semantic information is "in control" of how words are combined during sentence processing.}, author = {Kim, Albert and Osterhout, Lee}, citeulike-article-id = {165591}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2004.10.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WK4-4DWVX27-1/2/cf7f43ee855481d141a9c8b8f5553819}, doi = {10.1016/j.jml.2004.10.002}, journal = {Journal of Memory and Language}, keywords = {erp, mtanlab, n400, p600, psychology, semantics}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {205--225}, posted-at = {2005-04-20 21:24:53}, priority = {3}, title = {The independence of combinatory semantic processing: Evidence from event-related potentials}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2004.10.002}, volume = {52}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:165591 L3 - citeulike-article-id:165591 N2 - We recorded event-related brain potentials (ERPs) while participants read sentences, some of which contained an anomalous word. In the critical sentences (e.g., The meal was devouring...), the syntactic cues unambiguously signaled an Agent interpretation of the subject noun, whereas the semantic cues supported a Theme interpretation. An Agent interpretation would render the main verb semantically anomalous (as meals do not devour things). Conversely, the Theme interpretation would render the main verb syntactically anomalous (as the -ED form, not the -ING form, is syntactically appropriate for this interpretation). We report that the main verbs in such sentences elicit the P600 effect associated with syntactic anomalies, rather than the N400 effect associated with semantic anomalies. We conclude that, at least under certain conditions, semantic information is "in control" of how words are combined during sentence processing. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Memory and Language EP - 225 TI - The independence of combinatory semantic processing: Evidence from event-related potentials VL - 52 SP - 205 KW - erp KW - mtanlab KW - n400 KW - p600 KW - psychology KW - semantics AU - Kim, Albert AU - Osterhout, Lee PY - 2005/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2004.10.002 ER -