A predictive coding framework for rapid neural dynamics during sentence-level language comprehension

AG Lewis, M Bastiaansen - Cortex, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a growing literature investigating the relationship between oscillatory neural
dynamics measured using electroencephalography (EEG) and/or magnetoencephalography …

Fast oscillatory dynamics during language comprehension: Unification versus maintenance and prediction?

AG Lewis, L Wang, M Bastiaansen - Brain and language, 2015 - Elsevier
The role of neuronal oscillations during language comprehension is not yet well understood.
In this paper we review and reinterpret the functional roles of beta-and gamma-band …

Frequency-based segregation of syntactic and semantic unification during online sentence level language comprehension

M Bastiaansen, P Hagoort - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2015 - direct.mit.edu
During sentence level language comprehension, semantic and syntactic unification are
functionally distinct operations. Nevertheless, both recruit roughly the same brain areas …

Beta oscillations reflect memory and motor aspects of spoken word production

V Piai, A Roelofs, J Rommers, E Maris - Human brain mapping, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Two major components form the basis of spoken word production: the access of conceptual
and lexical/phonological information in long‐term memory, and motor preparation and …

Literal analysis and idiom retrieval in ambiguous idioms processing: A reading-time study

C Cacciari, P Corradini - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the relationships between integration of the literal meaning of the idiom
words and activation of the idiomatic meaning using self-paced reading times. Participants …

[PDF][PDF] A lexical theory of phrasal idioms

P Kay, IA Sag, DP Flickinger - Ms. CSLI Stanford, 2015 - researchgate.net
This paper presents a theory of syntactically flexible phrasal idioms that explains the
properties of such phrases, eg keep tabs on, spill the beans in terms of general combinatoric …

Effects of grammaticality and morphological complexity on the P600 event-related potential component

AS Mehravari, D Tanner, EK Wampler, GD Valentine… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
We investigated interactions between morphological complexity and grammaticality on
electrophysiological markers of grammatical processing during reading. Our goal was to …

Topicalization in German particle verb constructions: The role of semantic transparency

A Trotzke, S Quaglia, E Wittenberg - Linguistische Berichte, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
In this paper, we investigate topicalization patterns of German particle verbs by comparing
the syntactic behavior of semantically transparent and non-transparent particle verb …

A possible contributory mechanism for impaired idiom perception in schizophrenia

T Sela, M Lavidor, RLC Mitchell - Psychiatry research, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review, we focus on the ability of people with schizophrenia to correctly perceive the
meaning of idioms; figurative language expressions in which intended meaning is not …

Electrophysiological correlates of idiom comprehension: semantic composition does not follow lexical retrieval

P Canal, F Pesciarelli, N Molinaro… - CEUR WORKSHOP …, 2015 - iris.unimore.it
We investigated the extent to which the literal meanings of the words forming literally-
plausible idioms (eg, break the ice) are retrieved from memory and semantically composed …