Looks at what isn't there: eye movements on a blank screen when processing negation in a first and a second language

N Vanek, A Matić Škorić, S Košutar… - Frontiers in Human …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Is negation more difficult to process than affirmation? If it is, does processing negation in a
second language (L2) compound the difficulty compared to the first language (L1)? This …

Differences in perceptual representations in multilinguals' first, second, and third language

C Donggui, S Jingan, W Ruiming - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the differences in perceptual
representations among multilingual individuals. In Experiment 1, the immediate sentence …

[HTML][HTML] Syntactic engagement of new words: The garden-path method applied to track sensitivity to structural ambiguity

V García-Castro, N Vanek - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2024 - Elsevier
This article proposes an innovative approach to examining garden-path (GP) effects in
sentence processing. It applies GP effects as a method to a new domain, specifically to …

When the days are (n't) numbered: Calendar calculations in transparent and opaque systems

Z Zhuang, N Vanek - Language and Cognition, 2025 - cambridge.org
Calendar calculations, the process of computing the target day or month, exhibit peculiar
differences across languages. In systems like English, calendar labels are largely opaque …

[PDF][PDF] Computational model reveals two sources of polarity across negative adjectival expressions and quantifiers

F Schlotterbeck, S Ramotowska, L Van Maanen… - 2024 - files.de-1.osf.io
The polarity effect is one of the most robust effects in linguistics: Negative expressions are
processed slower than corresponding positive ones. Decades of research has shown that …

[PDF][PDF] Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

V García-Castro, N Vanek - researchgate.net
This article proposes an innovative approach to examining garden-path (GP) effects in
sentence processing. It applies GP effects as a method to a new domain, specifically to …