The interplay between respectfulness and lexical-semantic in reading Chinese: evidence from ERPs.

ABSTRACT: Language comprehension requires the processing of both linguistic and extra-linguistic information, such as syntax, semantics, and pragmatic information. Previous studies have systematically examined the interplay between syntactic and semantic processing. However, there is a lack of data on how pragmatic processing proceeds and its interaction with semantic processing. Using event-related potentials (ERPs), the present study manipulated the semantic coherence of a verb phrase (VP) and the respect consistency of the object noun phrase in the VP, resulting in four types of critical sentences. Participants read 160 critical Chinese sentences and 220 filler sentences. After electroencephalogram recordings, they completed the Autism Quotient Communication (AQ-Comm) subscale and a sentence acce

SUBMITTER: Ji L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807755 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature