Constituent order in language and thought : a case study in field-based psycholinguistics
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Constituent order in language and thought : a case study in field-based psycholinguistics
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-224) and index
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Traditionally, due to the availability of technology, psycholinguistic research has focused mainly on Western languages. However, this focus has recently shifted towards a more diverse range of languages, whose structures often throw into question many previous assumptions in syntactic theory and language processing. Based on a case study in field-based comparative psycholinguistics, this pioneering book is the first to explore the neurocognition of endangered 'object-before-subject' languages, such as Kaqchikel and Seediq. It draws on a range of methods - including linguistic fieldwork, theoretical linguistic analysis, corpus research, questionnaire surveys, behavioural experiments, eye tracking, event-related brain potentials, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and near-infrared spectroscopy - to consider preferred constituent orders in both language and thought, examining comprehension as well as production. In doing so, it highlights the importance of field-based cross-linguistic cognitive neuroscientific research in uncovering universal and language-particular aspects of the human language faculty, and the interaction between language and thought.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Kaqchikel Mayan
- 3. Word order preference in sentence comprehension I: behavioral studies
- 4. Word order preference in sentence comprehension II: fMRI studies
- 5. Word order preference in sentence comprehension III: ERP studies without context
- 6. Word order preference in sentence comprehension IV: ERP studies with context
- 7. Basic word order in language and natural order of thought
- 8. Constituent order preference in event representation
- 9. Word order preference in sentence production I: production frequency
- 10. Word order preference in sentence production II: time course and cognitive load
- 11. Grammatical processing and event apprehension
- 12. Syntactic structure of Kaqchikel revisited
- 13. Syntax and processing load
- 14. Concluding remarks
- Appendix A: spatial frames of reference of Kaqchikel speakers
- Appendix B: syntax and processing in Seediq: a behavioral study.
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