Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model
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Resumo: | A recent hypothesis in empirical brain research on language is that the fundamental difference between animal and human communication systems is captured by the distinction between finite-state and more complex phrase-structure grammars, such as context-free and context-sensitive grammars. However, the relevance of this distinction for the study of language as a neurobiological system has been questioned and it has been suggested that a more relevant and partly analogous distinction is that between non-adjacent and adjacent dependencies. Online memory resources are central to the processing of non-adjacent dependencies as information has to be maintained across intervening material. One proposal is that an external memory device in the form of a limited push-down stack is used to process non-adjacent dependencies. We tested this hypothesis in an artificial grammar learning paradigm where subjects acquired non-adjacent dependencies implicitly. Generally, we found no qualitative differences between the acquisition of non-adjacent dependencies and adjacent dependencies. This suggests that although the acquisition of non-adjacent dependencies requires more exposure to the acquisition material, it utilizes the same mechanisms used for acquiring adjacent dependencies. We challenge the push-down stack model further by testing its processing predictions for nested and crossed multiple non-adjacent dependencies. The push-down stack model is partly supported by the results, and we suggest that stack-like properties are some among many natural properties characterizing the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms that implement the online memory resources used in language and structured sequence processing. |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack modelNonlocal musical rulesSyntactic structureA recent hypothesis in empirical brain research on language is that the fundamental difference between animal and human communication systems is captured by the distinction between finite-state and more complex phrase-structure grammars, such as context-free and context-sensitive grammars. However, the relevance of this distinction for the study of language as a neurobiological system has been questioned and it has been suggested that a more relevant and partly analogous distinction is that between non-adjacent and adjacent dependencies. Online memory resources are central to the processing of non-adjacent dependencies as information has to be maintained across intervening material. One proposal is that an external memory device in the form of a limited push-down stack is used to process non-adjacent dependencies. We tested this hypothesis in an artificial grammar learning paradigm where subjects acquired non-adjacent dependencies implicitly. Generally, we found no qualitative differences between the acquisition of non-adjacent dependencies and adjacent dependencies. This suggests that although the acquisition of non-adjacent dependencies requires more exposure to the acquisition material, it utilizes the same mechanisms used for acquiring adjacent dependencies. We challenge the push-down stack model further by testing its processing predictions for nested and crossed multiple non-adjacent dependencies. The push-down stack model is partly supported by the results, and we suggest that stack-like properties are some among many natural properties characterizing the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms that implement the online memory resources used in language and structured sequence processing.Wiley-BlackwellSapientiaUdden, JuliaIngvar, MartinHagoort, PeterPetersson, Karl Magnus2018-12-07T14:52:41Z2012-082012-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11165eng0364-021310.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01235.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-24T10:22:55Zoai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/11165Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:02:40.924097Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model Udden, Julia Nonlocal musical rules Syntactic structure |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Implicit acquisition of grammars with crossed and nested non-adjacent dependencies: investigating the push-down stack model |
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Udden, Julia |
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Udden, Julia Ingvar, Martin Hagoort, Peter Petersson, Karl Magnus |
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Ingvar, Martin Hagoort, Peter Petersson, Karl Magnus |
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Sapientia |
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Udden, Julia Ingvar, Martin Hagoort, Peter Petersson, Karl Magnus |
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Nonlocal musical rules Syntactic structure |
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Nonlocal musical rules Syntactic structure |
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A recent hypothesis in empirical brain research on language is that the fundamental difference between animal and human communication systems is captured by the distinction between finite-state and more complex phrase-structure grammars, such as context-free and context-sensitive grammars. However, the relevance of this distinction for the study of language as a neurobiological system has been questioned and it has been suggested that a more relevant and partly analogous distinction is that between non-adjacent and adjacent dependencies. Online memory resources are central to the processing of non-adjacent dependencies as information has to be maintained across intervening material. One proposal is that an external memory device in the form of a limited push-down stack is used to process non-adjacent dependencies. We tested this hypothesis in an artificial grammar learning paradigm where subjects acquired non-adjacent dependencies implicitly. Generally, we found no qualitative differences between the acquisition of non-adjacent dependencies and adjacent dependencies. This suggests that although the acquisition of non-adjacent dependencies requires more exposure to the acquisition material, it utilizes the same mechanisms used for acquiring adjacent dependencies. We challenge the push-down stack model further by testing its processing predictions for nested and crossed multiple non-adjacent dependencies. The push-down stack model is partly supported by the results, and we suggest that stack-like properties are some among many natural properties characterizing the underlying neurophysiological mechanisms that implement the online memory resources used in language and structured sequence processing. |
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