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The Syntactic and Semantic Processing of Mass and Count Nouns: An ERP Study
Abstract: The present study addressed the question of whether count and mass nouns are differentially processed in the brain. In two different ERP (Event-Related Potentials) tasks we explored the semantic and syntactic levels of such distinction. Mass and count nouns typically differ in concreteness, hence the effect of this important variable was factorially examined in each task. Thus the stimuli presented were: count concrete, count abstract, mass concrete or mass abstract. The first experiment (concrete/abstract semantic judgment task) involved the interaction between the N400 concreteness effect and the Mass/Count condition, revealing a substantial effect between mass and count nouns at the semantic level. The second experiment (sentence syntactic violation task) showed a Mass/Count distinction on left anterior negativity (LAN) and on P600 components, confirming the difference at the syntactic level. This study suggests that the brain differentiates between count and mass nouns not only at the syntactic level but also at the semantic level. Implications for our understanding of the brain mechanisms underlying the Mass/Count distinction are discussed.
Keyword: Research Article
URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025885
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3187832
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21998715
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Neural correlates of Italian nominal compounds and potential impact of headedness effect: an ERP study
In: Cognitive neuropsychology. - Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 25 (2008) 4, 559-581
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Noun–noun compounds in the access to the phonological output buffer
In: Brain & language. - Orlando, Fla. [u.a.] : Elsevier 103 (2007) 1-2, 57
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The electrophysiological basis of mass and count nouns processing
In: Brain & language. - Orlando, Fla. [u.a.] : Elsevier 99 (2006) 1-2, 187-188
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