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| Presentation | 2009-07-18 14:45 The Role of Constituent Length in the Adjective Phrase Attachment Preference in Japanese -- Evidence from an ERP Study -- Yoshinari Kusube, Yuki Kobayashi, Yuki Hirose (The Univ. of Tokyo)  TL2009-14 |
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| Abstract | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | The construction [Adjective Phrase (AP) + NP1-no + NP2] in Japanese is structurally ambiguous in terms of whether the AP is attached low to the genitive-marked noun phrase, NP1 or high to the head noun phrase, NP2. Previous research has shown that the constituent length of the adjunct may have an effect on the resolution of such attachment ambiguity. The present study investigates at which stage of processing the AP length has its effect. More specifically, we investigated whether long APs and short APs would be attached to NP1 with equal likelihood, by examining ERP responses. Contrary to our predictions, the results showed no significant differences in the ERPs between the two conditions, suggesting the possibility that the constituent length of the AP might not affect the attachment process to NP1. Another analysis of the ERPs revealed that the sentences with short APs elicited a sustained (right-)anterior negativity after the second stimulus of the sentence (i.e. an adjective) was presented. This negativity also needs careful examination in future studies. | |
| Keyword | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | attachment ambiguity / implicit prosody / ERP (event-related brain potential) / N400 / P600 / RAN / / | |
| Reference Info. | IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 109, no. 140, TL2009-14, pp. 33-38, July 2009. | |
| Paper # | TL2009-14 | |
| Date of Issue | 2009-07-11 (TL) | |
| ISSN | Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 | |
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| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
| Conference Date | 2009-07-18 - 2009-07-19 |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | New Century Plaza II, Hakozaki Campus of Kyushu Univ. |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Processing and Learning of Human Language |
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| Registration To | TL |
| Conference Code | 2009-07-TL |
| Language | Japanese |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | The Role of Constituent Length in the Adjective Phrase Attachment Preference in Japanese |
| Sub Title (in English) | Evidence from an ERP Study |
| Keyword(1) | attachment ambiguity |
| Keyword(2) | implicit prosody |
| Keyword(3) | ERP (event-related brain potential) |
| Keyword(4) | N400 |
| Keyword(5) | P600 |
| Keyword(6) | RAN |
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| 1st Author's Name | Yoshinari Kusube |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo (The Univ. of Tokyo) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yuki Kobayashi |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo (The Univ. of Tokyo) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Yuki Hirose |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo (The Univ. of Tokyo) |
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| Speaker | Author-1 |
| Date Time | 2009-07-18 14:45:00 |
| Presentation Time | 30 minutes |
| Registration for | TL |
| Paper # | TL2009-14 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.109 |
| Number (no) | no.140 |
| Page | pp.33-38 |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2009-07-11 (TL) |
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