Electrophysiological Evidence for Sentence Comprehension - Wings
Electrophysiological Evidence for Sentence Comprehension - Wings
Electrophysiological Evidence for Sentence Comprehension - Wings
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5.3.4. Confirmation of the hypotheses<br />
<strong>Evidence</strong> <strong>for</strong> sentence comprehension. The first group of hypotheses predicts the ERP<br />
components that should be obtained in the first group of experiments, i.e. experiments<br />
per<strong>for</strong>med on a group of healthy adult speakers (‘case’, ‘tense’, ‘gender’, ‘quantifier’).<br />
The hypotheses predict LAN-P600 effect in ‘case’ and additional ‘gender’ experiment<br />
due to the structural errors in the violation conditions of the experiments. Since both<br />
LAN and P600 were obtained in the experiments, the hypotheses 1.1.1 and 1.2.1 can be<br />
fully confirmed.<br />
The hypothesis 1.2.2 predicted N400 effect in the ‘quantifier’ experiment. Since this<br />
component was obtained in the experiment, the hypothesis can be confirmed.<br />
Since no structural violation as in ‘case’ experiment was present in the ‘tense’<br />
experiment, no LAN was predicted in the H1.1.2. However, a strong negative deflection<br />
was observed on the left frontal electrodes starting at around 500 ms and lasting till the<br />
end of the epoch. This was not predicted by the hypothesis and was discussed extensively<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e. The hypothesis 1.1.2 can thus be only partly confirmed.<br />
<strong>Sentence</strong> comprehension in TLD children and children with SLI. Based on the age of<br />
children with TLD a prediction was made stating that there would be no difference<br />
between adults and children with TLD because the case and tense systems are acquired at<br />
the age of 9-11. However, substantial differences were found. First, overall amplitudes<br />
were higher in the TLD group in comparison to adults. Second, no LAN was obtained in<br />
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