Word order in sentence processing: An experimental study of verb placement in German

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-268

  Weyerts, Helga ^a   Penke, Martina ^a   Münte, Thomas F ^b   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^b   Clahsen, Harald ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior negativity; ERP; P600; Syntactic processing cost; Verb placement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0036583946     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015588012457     Document Type: Article

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