Neural correlates of second language acquisition of tone-grammar associations
Hed, Anna LU ; Schremm, Andrea LU ; Horne, Merle LU
and Roll, Mikael
LU
(2019)
In Mental Lexicon
14(1).
p.98-123
- Abstract
Native speakers of Swedish use tones on stems to predict which suffix is to follow. This is seen behaviorally in reduced response times for matching tone-suffix pairs. Neurophysiologically, online prediction is reflected in the event-related potential (ERP) component pre-activation negativity (PrAN) occurring for tones with a higher predictive value. Invalid suffixes relative to the tone produce a left anterior negativity (LAN), or a broadly distributed negativity, and a P600. When native speakers make decisions about the inflection of words, response times are also longer for invalid tone-suffix combinations. In this study, low to intermediate level second language learners with non-tonal native languages trained tone-suffix... (More)
Native speakers of Swedish use tones on stems to predict which suffix is to follow. This is seen behaviorally in reduced response times for matching tone-suffix pairs. Neurophysiologically, online prediction is reflected in the event-related potential (ERP) component pre-activation negativity (PrAN) occurring for tones with a higher predictive value. Invalid suffixes relative to the tone produce a left anterior negativity (LAN), or a broadly distributed negativity, and a P600. When native speakers make decisions about the inflection of words, response times are also longer for invalid tone-suffix combinations. In this study, low to intermediate level second language learners with non-tonal native languages trained tone-suffix associations for two weeks. Before and after training, they participated in a perception test where they listened to nouns with valid and invalid tone-suffix combinations and performed a singular/plural judgment task. During the test, electroencephalography (EEG) and response times were measured. After training, the PrAN effect increased, and a LAN emerged for invalid stimuli, indicating that the participants had acquired the tone-suffix association, using the tones as predictors more extensively post-training. However, neither a P600 nor longer response times for invalidity were found, suggesting potential differences in native and second language processing of the tone-suffix association.
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- author
- Hed, Anna
LU
; Schremm, Andrea
LU
; Horne, Merle
LU
and Roll, Mikael
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- ERP, LAN, Morphology, PrAN, Prosody, Second language acquisition
- in
- Mental Lexicon
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 26 pages
- publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85074944076
- ISSN
- 1871-1340
- DOI
- 10.1075/ml.17018.hed
- project
- Tone-Grammar Interaction in the Human Brain: Mechanisms and Applications
- The language melody game (LMG): Learning Swedish word accents using IT and digital media
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 8b0e0d0e-7350-4d26-a299-4a478b1f4db1
- date added to LUP
- 2019-11-29 12:48:15
- date last changed
- 2023-11-19 19:42:55
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