Brain potentials indicate differences between regular and irregular German plurals.
Neuroreport
; 8(4): 957-62, 1997 Mar 03.
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| ID: mdl-9141072
ABSTRACT
Event-related brain potentials were recorded as 18 German-speaking subjects read sentences that contained as critical words German nouns in correct and incorrect plural forms. Two types of plurals were investigated regular -s plurals (e.g. Karussell-s 'roundabouts') and irregular -(e)n plurals (Muskel-n "muscles'). We compared correct regular and irregular plurals with incorrect ones; the latter had -(e)n on nouns that actually take -s plurals (*Karussell-en), or -s on nouns that require -(e)n (*Muskel-s). ERPs showed different responses to regular and irregular plurals incorrect irregular plurals (*Muskel-s) elicited a ramp-shaped left frontotemporal negativity, whereas incorrect regulars (*Karussell-en) produced a central phasic negativity with a maximum at 380 ms. This dissociation supports the view that regularly inflected words are processed differently from irregularly inflected ones.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fonética
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Encéfalo
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Potenciales Evocados Auditivos
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Lenguaje
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Lingüística
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuroreport
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania