An ERP Study of the Integration Process between a Noun and a Numeral Classifier: Semantic or Morpho-Syntactic?

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  • Sakai Yumi
    Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
  • Iwata Kazuki
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  • Riera Jorge
    New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University
  • Wan Xiaohong
    Brain Science Institute, RIKEN
  • Yokoyama Satoru
    The Tohoku University 21st Century COE Program in Humanities (The LBC Research Center) Graduate School of International Cultural Study, Tohoku University
  • Shimoda Yoshiteru
    School of Medicine, Tohoku University
  • Kawashima Ryuta
    New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University
  • Yoshimoto Kei
    Graduate School of International Cultural Study, Tohoku University
  • Koizumi Masatoshi
    Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University

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  • 事象関連電位で見る名詞と助数詞の照合プロセス
  • 事象関連電位で見る名詞と助数詞の照合プロセス--意味的処理か文法的処理か
  • ジショウ カンレン デンイ デ ミル メイシ ト ジョスウシ ノ ショウゴウ プロセス イミテキ ショリ カ ブンポウテキ ショリ カ
  • -- 意味的処理か文法的処理か --

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Abstract

A numeral quantifier in Japanese consists of a numeral and a classifier that agrees with the type of entity being counted. In this study we investigated, using event-related potentials, brain activities associated with the integration of a numeral classifier and a noun that denotes an entity⁄entities being counted.<BR> Based on previous studies, we considered two hypotheses. If semantic processes are crucially involved in the integration of a noun and a numeral classifier, like selectional restriction between a verb and its object, N400 would be found when subjects read incorrect pairs of a noun and a numeral classifier. On the other hand, if the integration of a noun and a numeral classifier is morpho-syntactic in nature, parallel to gender agreement in European languages, then LAN would be elicited.<BR> Results of our experiment showed that mismatch of a noun and a numeral classifier evoked N400. This suggests that a numeral classifier in Japanese semantically selects a noun denoting a certain type of entity.

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