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A View of the Neural Representation of Second Language Syntax through Artificial Language Learning under Implicit Contexts of Exposure
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Morgan-Short, Kara; Deng, ZhiZhou; Brill-Schuetz, Katherine A.; Faretta- Stutenberg, Mandy; Wong, Patrick C. M.; Wong, Francis C. K. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015
The current study aims to make an initial neuroimaging contribution to central implicit-explicit issues in second language (L2) acquisition by considering how implicit and explicit contexts mediate the neural representation of L2. Focusing on implicit contexts, the study employs a longitudinal design to examine the neural representation of L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Neurological Organization, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing
Broca's Area Plays a Causal Role in Morphosyntactic Processing
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Carreiras, Manuel; Pattamadilok, Chotiga; Meseguer, Enrique; Barber, Horacio; Devlin, Joseph T. – Neuropsychologia, 2012
Although there is strong evidence that Broca's area is important for syntax, this may simply be a by-product of greater working memory and/or cognitive control demands for more complex syntactic structures. Here we report an experiment with event-related transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to investigate whether Broca's area plays a causal…
Descriptors: Evidence, Syntax, Short Term Memory, Stimulation
Brain Embodiment of Syntax and Grammar: Discrete Combinatorial Mechanisms Spelt Out in Neuronal Circuits
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Pulvermuller, Friedemann – Brain and Language, 2010
Neuroscience has greatly improved our understanding of the brain basis of abstract lexical and semantic processes. The neuronal devices underlying words and concepts are distributed neuronal assemblies reaching into sensory and motor systems of the cortex and, at the cognitive level, information binding in such widely dispersed circuits is…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Morphemes, Linguistics
Syntactic Structure and Artificial Grammar Learning: The Learnability of Embedded Hierarchical Structures
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de Vries, Meinou H.; Monaghan, Padraic; Knecht, Stefan; Zwitserlood, Pienie – Cognition, 2008
Embedded hierarchical structures, such as "the rat the cat ate was brown", constitute a core generative property of a natural language theory. Several recent studies have reported learning of hierarchical embeddings in artificial grammar learning (AGL) tasks, and described the functional specificity of Broca's area for processing such structures.…
Descriptors: Syntax, Memory, Natural Language Processing, Grammar
Organization of Successive Events during Social-Emotional Interactions between Infants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Caretakers: Implications for Learning Syntax
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Jung, Vivienne; Short, Robert H. – Volta Review, 2004
The aim of this paper is to advance understanding of the theoretical basis for the difficulties many children who are deaf or hard of hearing face when learning spoken English grammar. The association between learning syntactical grammar and pre-verbal social interactions is explored and related to the effects of prelingual hearing loss. We…
Descriptors: Grammar, Speech Communication, Social Development, Communication Skills
Language, Gesture, and Space.
Emmorey, Karen, Ed.; Reilly, Judy S., Ed. – 1995
A collection of papers addresses a variety of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign language, gesture, and gesture systems. Articles include: "Theoretical Issues Relating Language, Gesture, and Space: An Overview" (Karen Emmorey, Judy S. Reilly); "Real, Surrogate, and Token Space: Grammatical Consequences in ASL American…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Comparative Analysis