This literature review investigates the neural architectures more strongly involved in sentence processing compared to the processing of unstructured word-lists, focusing on syntactic word-meaning...Show moreThis literature review investigates the neural architectures more strongly involved in sentence processing compared to the processing of unstructured word-lists, focusing on syntactic word-meaning integration. The inferior frontal gyrus, anterior temporal cortex, and posterior temporal cortex emerged as prominent regions associated with sentence processing. Additional regions, such as the angular gyrus and selective right hemispheric architecture, also exhibited enhanced activation during sentence processing. These findings support the concept of a distributed network of syntactically functional neural architecture. The results align with Hagoort's Memory, Unification, and Control model, suggesting that different components of neural architecture correlate with the model's functionality. However, persisting debates regarding the precise involvement of the IFG and its subdivisions as well as other featured regions in sentence processing warrant further investigation. Overall, this review emphasises the diffuse nature of the neural architecture underlying syntactic word-meaning integration, calling for further exploratory and explanatory investigations.Show less
The objective of this thesis is to provide a comparison of good-enough parsing effects in written and spoken sentences. The written portion of the experiment functions as a close replication of the...Show moreThe objective of this thesis is to provide a comparison of good-enough parsing effects in written and spoken sentences. The written portion of the experiment functions as a close replication of the effect of lingering misinterpretation of garden-path sentences found in Christianson et al (2001) and the effect of the frequent misinterpretation of implausible passive sentences found in Ferreira & Stacey (2000). In an online experiment with writ- ten and spoken content, participants read and heard garden path and implausible passive sentences and were asked to answer comprehension questions about them. Effects of good-enough parsing were found for both target sentence types. No significant effect of mode of presentation was detected, but interactions of mode of presentation and control conditions of the sentences turned out to be significant. It can be concluded that the re- plication effort was successful, but the comparison of good-enough parsing effects for written and spoken sentences did not deliver clear-cut results.Show less
