Word classes in the brain: Implications of linguistic typology for cognitive neuroscience

D Kemmerer - Cortex, 2014 - Elsevier
Although recent research on the neural substrates of word classes has generated some
valuable findings, significant progress has been hindered by insufficient attention to …

Verbal argument structure: Events and participants

A Marantz - Lingua, 2013 - Elsevier
The generative enterprise in linguistics is roughly 50 years old, and it is reasonable to ask
what progress the field has made in certain areas over the past five decades. This article will …

Evidence from the visual world paradigm raises questions about unaccusativity and growth curve analyses

Y Huang, J Snedeker - Cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
Many syntactic theories posit a fundamental structural difference between intransitive verbs
with agentive subjects (unergative verbs) and those with theme subjects (unaccusative …

[PDF][PDF] Lexical retrieval and its breakdown in aphasia and developmental language impairment

N Friedmann, M Biran, D Dotan - The Cambridge handbook of …, 2013 - unicog.org
One of the central processes in language is lexical retrieval, the process of getting from a
concept to a spoken word. This process became one of the central targets for researchers of …

Recovery of offline and online sentence processing in aphasia: Language and domain-general network neuroplasticity

E Barbieri, J Mack, B Chiappetta, E Europa… - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper examined the effects of treatment on both offline and online sentence processing
and associated neuroplasticity within sentence processing and dorsal attention networks in …

How the brain processes different dimensions of argument structure complexity: Evidence from fMRI

A Meltzer-Asscher, JE Mack, E Barbieri… - Brain and language, 2015 - Elsevier
Verbs are central to sentence processing, as they encode argument structure (AS)
information, ie, information about the syntax and interpretation of the phrases accompanying …

Real-time production of unergative and unaccusative sentences in normal and agrammatic speakers: An eyetracking study

J Lee, CK Thompson - Aphasiology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Speakers with agrammatic aphasia have greater difficulty producing
unaccusative (float) compared to unergative (bark) verbs (Kegl,; Lee & Thompson,; …

Neural correlates of processing passive sentences

JE Mack, A Meltzer-Asscher, E Barbieri, CK Thompson - Brain sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Previous research has shown that comprehension of complex sentences involving wh-
movement (eg, object-relative clauses) elicits activation in the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) …

Non‐sentential vs. Ellipsis Approaches: Review and Extensions

L Progovac - Language and linguistics compass, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐sententials (also known as fragments, elliptical structures) can be roughly
characterized as free‐standing utterances, which are, or at least appear to be, smaller than a …

Independent representations of verbs and actions in left lateral temporal cortex

MV Peelen, D Romagno, A Caramazza - Journal of cognitive …, 2012 - direct.mit.edu
Verbs and nouns differ not only on formal linguistic grounds but also in what they typically
refer to: Verbs typically refer to actions, whereas nouns typically refer to objects. Prior …