Psycholinguistic research on the noun-verb integration processes in Japanese

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Research using the Event-Related Potentials (ERPs), which is a kind of brain waves, was done about the integration process of a noun phrase and a verb concerning the sentence comprehension inJapanese. Previous studies in Japanese grammar have claimed that the “double-O construction” is ungrammatical (Taro-ga Hanako-ni hon-o yomaseta.” vs. “* Taro-ga Hanako-o hon-o yomaseta.”) . As a result of experiment using the ERP, the P600 component which shows syntactic deviation, was observed. Therefore, the physiological evidence of this ungrammatical sentence was able to be got.