The effect of phonological realization of inflectional morphology on verbal agreement in French: Evidence from ERPs

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-536

  Frenck Mestre, Cheryl ^a   Osterhout, Lee ^c   McLaughlin, Judy ^c   Foucart, Alice ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; French; Morphology; Phonology; Second language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 47249100359     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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