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Henrich, Karen, Alter, Kai ORCID: 0000-0003-4575-9494, Wiese, Richard ORCID: 0000-0001-7333-1589 and Domahs, Ulrike ORCID: 0000-0002-8248-9393 (2014). The relevance of rhythmical alternation in language processing: An ERP study on English compounds. Brain Lang., 136. S. 19 - 31. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1090-2155

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Abstract

This study investigates the influence of rhythmic expectancies on language processing. It is assumed that language rhythm involves an alternation of strong and weak beats within a linguistic domain. Hence, in some contexts rhythmically induced stress shifts occur in order to comply with the Rhythm Rule. In English, this rule operates to prevent clashes of stressed adjacent syllables or lapses of adjacent unstressed syllables. While previous studies investigated effects on speech production and perception, this study focuses on brain responses to structures either obeying or deviating from this rule. Event-related potentials show that rhythmic regularity is relevant for language processing: rhythmic deviations evoked different ERP components reflecting the deviance from rhythmic expectancies. An N400 effect found for shifted items reflects higher costs in lexical processing due to stress deviation. The overall results disentangle lexical and rhythmical influences on language processing and complement the findings of previous studies on rhythmical processing. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Henrich, Karen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Alter, Kai UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4575-9494 UNSPECIFIED Wiese, Richard UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7333-1589 UNSPECIFIED Domahs, Ulrike UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8248-9393 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-430080
DOI:	10.1016/j.bandl.2014.07.003
Journal or Publication Title:	Brain Lang.
Volume:	136
Page Range:	S. 19 - 31
Date:	2014
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1090-2155
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LEXICAL STRESS; BRAIN RESPONSE; POTENTIALS; METER; MUSICIANS; ACCENTS; CONTEXT; COMPREHENSION; PERCEPTION; MODULATION Multiple languages Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Linguistics; Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43008