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The Influence of Information Structure on the Depth of Semantic Processing: How Focus and Pitch Accent Determine the Size of the N400 Effect
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Wang, Lin; Bastiaansen, Marcel; Yang, Yufang; Hagoort, Peter – Neuropsychologia, 2011
To highlight relevant information in dialogues, both wh-question context and pitch accent in answers can be used, such that focused information gains more attention and is processed more elaborately. To evaluate the relative influence of context and pitch accent on the depth of semantic processing, we measured event-related potentials (ERPs) to…
Descriptors: Cues, Language Processing, Semantics, Brain Hemisphere Functions