Neural underpinning of Japanese particle processing in non-native speakers.

ABSTRACT: Grammar acquisition by non-native learners (L2) is typically less successful and may produce fundamentally different grammatical systems than that by native speakers (L1). The neural representation of grammatical processing between L1 and L2 speakers remains controversial. We hypothesized that working memory is the primary source of L1/L2 differences, by considering working memory within the predictive coding account, which models grammatical processes as higher-level neuronal representations of cortical hierarchies, generating predictions (forward model) of lower-level representations. A functional MRI study was conducted with L1 Japanese speakers and highly proficient Japanese learners requiring oral production of grammatically correct Japanese particles. We assumed selecting proper part

SUBMITTER: Kasai C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637203 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature