LIN 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Neurolinguistics, Handshape, Lexicon
15 May 2020
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Concerned with how language is operationalized in the human mind (or brain neurolinguistics) I. e. , which mental representations and processes underly our linguistic behavior. Lexical decision, word recognition, self-paced reading, picture selection, etc. Many formal models of language aren"t meant to model actual mental representations and processes underlying linguistic behavior. Early data on mental representations in sign. Klima & bellugi (1979) established that phonological parameters of signs play a crucial role in mental representations of signed utterances. In speech: in a serial, ordered recall task, worse recall with similar- sounding words. In sign: better recall with similar handshape. Location is key parameter when storing signs in short-term memory. Errors based on phonological similarity in sign, but not in spoken language. Effects supporting the pl model in both speech and sign. Gating effects in a sign recognition task: Signers regularize non-signs, often to correct phonotactic.
