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Morphological encoding beyond slots and fillers: An ERP study of comparative formation in English.

ABSTRACT: 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. angrier vs. 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.

SUBMITTER: Clahsen H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059382 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Morphological encoding beyond slots and fillers: An ERP study of comparative formation in English.

Clahsen Harald H Paulmann Silke S Budd Mary-Jane MJ Barry Christopher C

PloS one 20180725 7

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 ...[more]

PMID: 30044825

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Morphological encoding beyond slots and fillers: An ERP study of comparative formation in English.

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Morphological encoding beyond slots and fillers: An ERP study of comparative formation in English.

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