An ERP study of sensory mismatch expressions in Japanese  

Oleh:

Sakamoto, Tsutomu ; Matsuishi, Kana ; Arao, Hiroshi ; Oda, Junri

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 86 no. 3 (2003), page 384-394.
Topik: Event-related potentials (ERPs); N400; Sensory mismatch; Comprehensibility; Selectional restriction; Nonliteral (metaphorical) interpretation
Fulltext: 86_03_Sakamoto.pdf (183.73KB)

Isi artikel

Combinations of different sensory words produce mismatch expressions like smooth color and red touch in contrast to normal expressions like red color and smooth touch. Concerning these sensory mismatch expressions, results of three experiments are reported. Experiment 1 revealed that (i) mismatch expressions were less comprehensible than normal expressions, and that (ii) there were two patterns among mismatch expressions: the high-comprehensible mismatch expression (HighCME, e.g., smooth color) and the lowcomprehensible mismatch expression (LowCME, e.g., red touch). Experiment 2 revealed that the mismatch expressions produced a significantly greater N400 amplitude than the normal expressions. Experiment 3 implied that the difference between High/LowCME was reflected in a later latency band or in a topographical difference of N400, although the statistical significance was marginal. It is argued that the processes to integrate linguistic elements (e.g., combining adjectives and nouns) are not homogeneous.

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