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An ERP study of continuous speech processing. II. Segmentation, semantics, and syntax in non-native speakers.

Lisa D Sanders1, Helen J Neville

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA. lsanders@wam.umd.edu

Brain Research. Cognitive Brain Research
|January 16, 2003
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Second language acquisition impacts language subsystems differently. Native Japanese speakers learning English showed intact semantic processing but lacked typical syntactic processing and word-onset effects observed in native English speakers, indicating varying neural plasticity.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Altered language experience affects distinct language subsystems differently.
  • Event-related potentials (ERPs) offer insights into neural processing of language.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how late learning of English affects semantic, syntactic, and speech segmentation processing in native Japanese speakers.
  • To compare ERP findings in Japanese learners of English with those of native English speakers.

Main Methods:

  • Recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) from native Japanese speakers learning English while they listened to English sentences.
  • Compared ERP indices of semantic (N400), syntactic (anterior negativity), and word-onset effects between native Japanese learners and native English speakers.

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Main Results:

  • Native Japanese speakers showed similar semantic processing (N400 effect) as native English speakers.
  • Native Japanese speakers did not exhibit syntactic processing effects (anterior negativity) or the word-onset effect seen in native English speakers.

Conclusions:

  • Language subsystems exhibit varying degrees of neural plasticity in response to second language acquisition.
  • Late bilingualism may differentially impact the neural representation of syntax and phonology compared to semantics.