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Grammatical Gender and Number Agreement in Spanish: An ERP ComparisonResearch Study • November 26th, 2004
& The role of grammatical gender and number representa- tions in syntactic processes during reading in Spanish was stud- ied using the event-related potentials (ERPs) technique. The electroencephalogram was recorded with a dense array of 128 electrodes while Spanish speakers read word pairs (Experi- ment 1) or sentences (Experiment 2) in which gender or number agreement relationships were manipulated. Disagree- ment in word pairs formed by a noun and an adjective (e.g., faro–alto [lighthouse–high]) produced an N400-type effect, while word pairs formed by an article and a noun (e.g., el–piano [the-piano]) showed an additional left anterior negativity effect (LAN). Agreement violations with the same words in- serted in sentences (e.g., El piano estaba viejo y desafinado [the m-s piano m-s was old m-s and off-key]) resulted in a pattern of LAN–P600. This effect was found both when the violation occurred in the middle of the sentence (at the adjective), as
Grammatical Gender and Number Agreement in Spanish: An ERP ComparisonResearch Study • November 26th, 2004
& The role of grammatical gender and number representa- tions in syntactic processes during reading in Spanish was stud- ied using the event-related potentials (ERPs) technique. The electroencephalogram was recorded with a dense array of 128 electrodes while Spanish speakers read word pairs (Experi- ment 1) or sentences (Experiment 2) in which gender or number agreement relationships were manipulated. Disagree- ment in word pairs formed by a noun and an adjective (e.g., faro–alto [lighthouse–high]) produced an N400-type effect, while word pairs formed by an article and a noun (e.g., el–piano [the-piano]) showed an additional left anterior negativity effect (LAN). Agreement violations with the same words in- serted in sentences (e.g., El piano estaba viejo y desafinado [the m-s piano m-s was old m-s and off-key]) resulted in a pattern of LAN–P600. This effect was found both when the violation occurred in the middle of the sentence (at the adjective), as
