Spread the word: MMN brain response reveals whole-form access of discontinuous particle verbs
Spread the word: MMN brain response reveals whole-form access of discontinuous particle verbs
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bandl.2017.10.002
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Pulvermueller, Friedemann
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作者：
Hanna, Jeff;Cappelle, Bert;Pulvermueller, Friedemann
助词动词的地位，如rise（...）作为词法存储或组合组装的UP是一个迄今为止还没有决定性解决的问题。在本研究中，我们使用不匹配负波（MMN）脑反应来观察不连续助词动词的神经生理反应。MMN可用于区分整体形式存储和组合过程，因为与未知伪词相比，它增强了存储的单词，而组合法律的字符串相对于不符合语法的字符串引起减少的MMN。早期的研究发现，当助词和动词作为相邻元素出现时，较大的MMN对一致的动词-助词组合比对不一致的动词-助词组合更敏感，因此至少在这种情况下表明了整体形式的存储。然而，仍然有可能的是，小品词动词不连续地分布在一个句子中，反而会引起组合的、违反语法的反应模式。在这里，我们测试了不连续的动词粒子组合，正交变化的一致性和语义透明度的大脑签名。结果表明，第一次大脑指数的整体形式存储不连续的成分，从而主张在粒子动词的处理，无论其语义不透明的整体形式存储的词汇元素的访问。结果进行了讨论的背景下，语言辩论的地位粒子动词作为单词，词汇元素或句法生成的组合。在一个神经生物学语言模型的结果模式的解释是突出的。
The status of particle verbs such as rise (...) up as either lexically stored or combinatorially assembled is an issue which so far has not been settled decisively. In this study, we use the mismatch negativity (MMN) brain response to observe neurophysiological responses to discontinuous particle verbs. The MMN can be used to distinguish between whole-form storage and combinatorial processes, as it is enhanced to stored words compared to unknown pseudowords, whereas combinatorially legal strings elicit a reduced MMN relative to ungrammatical ones. Earlier work had found larger MMNs to congruent than to incongruent verb-particle combinations when particle and verb appeared as adjacent elements, thus suggesting whole-form storage at least in this case. However, it is still possible that particle verbs discontinuously spread out across a sentence would elicit the combinatorial, grammar-violation response pattern instead. Here, we tested the brain signatures of discontinuous verb-particle combinations, orthogonally varying congruence and semantic transparency. The results show for the first time brain indices of whole-form storage for discontinuous constituents, thus arguing in favour of access to whole-form-stored lexical elements in the processing of particle verbs, irrespective of their semantic opacity. Results are discussed in the context of linguistic debates about the status of particle verbs as words, lexical elements or syntactically generated combinations. The explanation of the pattern of results within a neurobiological language model is highlighted.