刊讯｜SSCI 期刊《语言、认知与神经科学》2022年第1期

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience

Volume 37, Issue 1, 2022

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience（SSCI一区，2020 IF：2.331）2022年第1期共发文7篇，均为研究性论文。论文内容涉及二语习得研究、语言认知研究、句法、语音认知研究等方面。主题包括词语表达、内部语音监控、句法激活、非母语语音学习、美国手语、句重音、句子生成等。

目录

ARTICLES

■ It’s the words you use and how you say them: electrophysiological correlates of theperception of imitated masculine speech, by Megan Walker & Conrad Perry, Pages 1–21.

■ Monitoring internal speech: an advantage for syllables over phonemes?, by Pierre Hallé, Laura Manoiloff, Jiayin Gao & Juan Segui, Pages 22–41.

■ It’s about time! Time as a parameter for lexical and syntactic processing: aneye-tracking-while-listening investigation, by  Carolyn Baker & TracyLove, Pages 42–62.

■ Structural variation in the temporal lobe predicts learning and retention of non-nativespeech sounds, by Pamela Fuhrmeister & Emily B. Myers, Pages 63–79.

■ Pronoun production and comprehension in American Sign Language: the interaction ofspace, grammar, and semantics, by Anne Therese Frederiksen & Rachel I. Mayberry, Pages 80–102.

■ How prior experience with pitch accents shapes the perception of word and sentencestress, by Sophie Kutscheid, Katharina Zahner-Ritter, Adrian Leemann & Bettina Braun, Pages 103–119.

■ Age-related effects on lexical, but not syntactic, processes during sentence production, by Sophie M. Hardy, Katrien Segaert & Linda Wheeldon, Pages 120–134.

摘要

It’s the words you use and how you say them: electrophysiological correlates of theperception of imitated masculine speech

Megan Walker, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health andMedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Conrad Perry, The University of Adelaide: Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Abstract Gender characteristics of speech to do withprosody and linguistic style influence how a person is understood. Weinvestigated electrophysiological correlates of these. Twenty-four peoplelistened to sentences spoken by a female who manipulated her prosody by using afeminine and an imitated masculine voice and her linguistic style by usingfunction words differentially associated with males and females. Event-relatedpotentials unexpectedly showed a larger N400 elicited by imitated masculinecompared to feminine prosody. A prosody by linguistic style interaction wasalso found in late positive components and a later window, where sentencescongruent with speaker sex and gender (i.e. feminine prosody, linguistic style,and voice) were more negative going than sentences that were not. Furtherresults showed less upper-alpha (∼10–13 Hz) event-related desynchronisation with imitated masculinecompared to feminine prosody in a late time-window. These results suggestgender atypical speech affects early and reduces later semantic processing.

Key words Language, gender, prosody, linguistic style‌,electrophysiology

Monitoringinternal speech: an advantage for syllables over phonemes?

PierreHallé, Laboratoire Mémoire et Cognition (INSERM -Paris 5) and CNRS, Paris, France; Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie(CNRS-Paris 3) Paris, France; Labex EFL, Paris, France

Laura Manoiloff, CognitivePsychology of Language and Psycholinguistics Research Group, Center of researchof the Faculty of Psychology (CIPSI), National University of Córdoba, Córdoba,Argentina

Jiayin Gao, Department of Linguistics and EnglishLanguage, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Juan Segui, Laboratoire Mémoire et Cognition (INSERM - Paris 5) and CNRS, Paris, France; Labex EFL,Paris, France

Abstract Listeners generally detect syllables fasterthan phonemes in overt speech. This “syllable advantage” holds robustly forutterance-initial CV vs. C targets [Segui et al., 1981. Phoneme monitoring,syllable monitoring and lexical access. British Journal of Psychology, 72(4),471–477]. We report a syllable advantage when monitoring inner speech.Spanish-speaking Argentinian participants presented with pictures were fasterand more accurate at detecting CV than C targets at the beginning of thepictures’ names. This CV over C advantage maintained, although substantiallyweakened, after adding CV’ foils in CV-target trials, a manipulation logicallymore detrimental to CV- than C-detection. Our results converge with previousstudies showing intriguing parallelisms between overt and inner speechperception and processing, supporting a restricted version of Levelt’sperceptual-loop hypothesis. We discuss what common basic units of processingcould be, borrowing from the articulatory phonology framework and its proposalof a “common currency” between speakers and listeners.

Key words Inner speech, internal monitoring, syllabledetection, phoneme detection, articulatory phonology

It’sabout time! Time as a parameter for lexical and syntactic processing: aneye-tracking-while-listening investigation

Carolyn Baker, Department of Behavioural Studies inEducation , University of New England

Tracy Love, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program inLanguage and Communicative Disorders, San Diego, CA, USA; School of SpeechLanguage and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Abstract We examined the time-course of lexicalactivation, deactivation, and the syntactic operation of dependency linkingduring the online processing of object-relative sentence constructions usingeye-tracking-while-listening. We explored how manipulating temporal aspects ofthe language input affects the tight lexical and syntactic temporal constraintsfound in sentence processing. The three temporal manipulations were (1)increasing the duration of the direct object noun, (2) adding the disfluency uhafter the noun, and (3) replacing the disfluency with a silent pause. Thefindings from this experiment revealed that the disfluent and silence temporalmanipulations enhanced the processing of subject and object noun phrases bymodulating activation and deactivation. The manipulations also changed thetime-course of dependency linking (increased reactivation of the directobject). The modulated activation dynamics of these lexical items are thoughtto play a role in mitigating interference and suggest that deactivation plays abeneficial role in complex sentence processing.

Key words Sentence processing, lexical activation, lexical deactivation, syntactic reactivation, temporal manipulation

Structuralvariation in the temporal lobe predicts learning and retention of non-nativespeech sounds

Pamela Fuhrmeister & Emily B. Myers, Department of Speech, Language, and HearingSciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

Abstract Studiesof non-native speech sound learning report considerable individual variabilityin learning new sounds and retaining them in memory. The current study testedwhether individual variation in brain structure (measured using MRI) accountsfor differences in learning or retention of non-native speech sounds. Fifty-sevenparticipants were tested on identification and discrimination of difficultnon-native speech sounds in the evening before training, after training, andtested again the next morning. Surface area and volume of the left superiortemporal gyrus positively predicted discrimination learning, whereas surfacearea of the left transverse temporal gyrus negatively predicted overnightimprovement of identification. Hippocampal volume as well as gyrification ofbilateral transverse temporal gyri positively predicted overnight improvementof discrimination. Findings suggest that individual differences in non-nativespeech sound learning can be traced to differences in brain structuresupporting perception, while differences in retention are linked to the structureof hippocampal regions important for memory consolidation.

Key words Non-native speech sound learning, memoryconsolidation, brain structure, individual differences, structural MRI

Pronounproduction and comprehension in American Sign Language: the interaction ofspace, grammar, and semantics

AnneTherese Frederiksen & Rachel I. Mayberry, Departmentof Language Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

Abstract Spoken language research has investigatedhow pronouns are influenced by grammar and semantics/pragmatics. In contrast,sign language research has focused on unambiguous pronominal reference arisingfrom spatial co-reference. However, understanding signed pronouns contributesto cross-linguistically valid models of pronoun production and comprehension.In two sentence-continuation experiments, the present study investigated howlinguistic use of space (modality-specific), antecedent grammatical role andverb implicit causality bias (modality-independent) affect American SignLanguage (ASL) pronouns. Production of pronouns was determined by antecedentgrammatical role, and overt pronouns were marginally more frequent forreferents articulated in specific areas of signing space compared to neutralspace. Signers interpreted pronouns using spatial information and, notably,verb bias, despite spatial co-reference supposedly removing the ambiguity thatverb bias resolves. These findings demonstrate that ASL pronouns are subject tomodality-independent factors, despite their use of space, and lend support tomodels of pronominal reference positing a production/comprehension asymmetry.

Key words Pronouns, American Sign Language, implicitcausality biases, spatial localisation, pronoun production and comprehension

Howprior experience with pitch accents shapes the perception of word and sentencestress

SophieKutscheid, Department of Linguistics, University ofKonstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Katharina Zahner-Ritter, Department of Linguistics, University ofKonstanz, Konstanz, Germany;b Department II, Phonetics, University of Trier,Trier, Germany

Adrian Leemann，Department of Linguistics, University ofKonstanz, Konstanz, Germany;b Department II, Phonetics, University of Trier,Trier, Germany

Bettina Braun, Department of Linguistics, University ofKonstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Abstract Listeners perceive high or rising pitch asstressed – at the word and sentence level (high-pitch bias). Since stressedsyllables can also be low-pitched, this bias may lead to misinterpretations ofword and sentence stress and thus slow down speech comprehension. Weinvestigate the effect of immediate exposure with high- vs. low-pitchedstressed syllables on the identification of word and sentence stress.Participants were exposed to utterances containing only high- vs. low-pitchedstressed syllables. In experimental trials, they then heard either trisyllabicwords with word stress on the second syllable (Experiment 1) orthree-word-sentences with sentence stress on the second word (Experiment 2) andindicated the position of word/sentence stress. Stimuli were presented in threeintonation conditions (high-pitched first, second, or third syllable/word).Both experiments endorsed the high-pitch bias, with an increase afterhigh-pitch exposure. Our results suggest a speaker-independent re-weighting ofacoustic cues to stress, which is driven by experience.

Key words Experience, processing mechanism, stressperception, sentence stress, word stress, intonation, German

Age-relatedeffects on lexical, but not syntactic, processes during sentence production

SophieM. Hardy, Centre for Human Brain Health, School ofPsychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;b Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Katrien Segaert，Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Linda Wheeldon, Department of Foreign Languages andTranslation, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

Abstract We investigated the effect of healthyageing on the lexical and syntactic processes involved in sentence production.Young and older adults completed a semantic interference sentence productiontask: we manipulated whether the target picture and distractor word weresemantically related or unrelated and whether they fell within the same phrase(“the watch and the clock/hippo move apart”) or different phrases (“the watchmoves above the clock/hippo”). Both age groups were slower to initiatesentences containing a larger, compared to a smaller, initial phrase,indicating a similar phrasal scope of advanced planning. However, older adultsdisplayed significantly larger semantic interference effects (slower toinitiate sentences when the target picture and distractor word were related)than young adults, indicating an age-related increase in lexical competition.Thus, while syntactic planning is preserved with age, older speakers encounterproblems managing the temporal co-activation of competing lexical items duringsentence production.

Key words Healthy ageing, sentence production, syntacticplanning, lexical competition, picture-word interference

期刊简介

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience is aninternational peer-reviewed journal promoting integrated cognitive theoreticalstudies of language and its neural bases.

《语言、认知和神经科学》是一本国际同行评议杂志，旨在促进语言及其神经基础的综合认知理论研究。

The journal takes an interdisciplinaryapproach to the study of brain and language, aiming to integrate excellentcognitive science and neuroscience to answer key questions about the nature oflanguage and cognition in the mind and the brain. It aims to engage researchersand practitioners alike in how to better understand cognitive language function,including:

该杂志采用跨学科的方法研究大脑和语言，旨在整合优秀的认知科学和神经科学，回答有关大脑和大脑中语言和认知本质的关键问题。它旨在让研究人员和实践者共同参与如何更好地理解认知语言功能，包括：

Language cognition

Neuroscience

Brain and language

语言认知

神经科学

大脑与语言

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