228018520 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code LALD 64 Hb 15 9789027207630 06 10.1075/lald.64 13 2020027504 00 BB 08 700 gr 10 01 JB code LALD 02 0925-0123 02 64.00 01 02 Language Acquisition and Language Disorders Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 01 01 Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax 1 B01 01 JB code 257313723 Vincent Torrens Torrens, Vincent Vincent Torrens National University of Distance Learning 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/257313723 01 eng 11 311 03 03 vi 03 00 305 03 01 23 415 03 2020 P290 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphosyntax. 04 Psycholinguistics. 04 Neurolinguistics. 04 Language disorders. 04 Language disorders in children. 10 LAN009040 12 CFDC 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.LA Language acquisition 24 JB code LIN.LADIS Language disorders & speech pathology 24 JB code LIN.MORPH Morphology 24 JB code LIN.PSYLIN Psycholinguistics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 The present volume presents research on language processing and language disorders. It covers topics ranging across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. 03 00 The present volume presents research on language processing and language disorders. Topics range across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. The chapters cover a number of linguistic phenomena, including relative clauses, empty categories, determiner phrases and inflectional morphology. Work in this collection uses a variety of experimental methods, both online and offline, such as eye tracking, reaction times, Event Related Potentials, picture selection, sentence elicitation and picture matching tasks. This book will be useful for linguists, speech therapists, and psycholinguists working on the processing of morphosyntax. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/lald.64.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027207630.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027207630.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/lald.64.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/lald.64.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/lald.64.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/lald.64.hb.png 01 01 JB code lald.64.int 06 10.1075/lald.64.int 1 8 8 Chapter 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Typical and impaired processing of relative clauses, empty categories and determiner phrases Typical and impaired processing of relative clauses, empty categories and determiner phrases 1 A01 01 JB code 625415192 Vincent Torrens Torrens, Vincent Vincent Torrens Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/625415192 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.p1 06 10.1075/lald.64.p1 9 71 63 Section header 2 01 04 Relative clauses Relative clauses 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.01mew 06 10.1075/lald.64.01mew 11 34 24 Chapter 3 01 04 Case(mis)matching in German free relative clauses in the self-paced reading paradigm Case(mis)matching in German free relative clauses in the self-paced reading paradigm 1 A01 01 JB code 458415193 Jana Mewe Mewe, Jana Jana Mewe University of Cologne 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/458415193 01 eng 30 00

Off-line measures suggest that the hierarchy rule strategy applies to the processing of free relative clauses (RCs) in German, suggesting that case matches between covert head and RC-pronoun are preferred, whereas mismatches are dissociated based on their (non)conformity with the case hierarchy. We asked whether on-line sentence processing supports this pattern, and investigated free RCs with combinations of nominative, accusative and dative case in the self-paced reading paradigm. Our results are captured best by assuming two further strategies: the parallel syntactic function strategy and, especially, the subject-first strategy. Based on these strategies, we provide an Optimality Theory-style analysis that explains prior findings and particularities of incremental sentence processing, and that additionally accounts for the exceptional behaviour of accusative-nominative mismatches.

01 01 JB code lald.64.02pas 06 10.1075/lald.64.02pas 35 56 22 Chapter 4 01 04 Integrating the filler Integrating the filler 01 04 Evidence from double object constructions in Greek relative clauses Evidence from double object constructions in Greek relative clauses 1 A01 01 JB code 66415194 Anastasia Paspali Paspali, Anastasia Anastasia Paspali Humboldt University of Berlin 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/66415194 01 eng 30 00

This study investigates filler integration by adult native speakers of Greek. Object Relative Clauses (RCs) including ditransitives were tested in order to address (a) whether Greek adults show reactivation of the filler at the gap as proposed by the Trace Reactivation Hypothesis (TRH), and (b) the psychological reality of two theoretical analyses of ditransitives in Greek. The first analysis proposes that the base-generated order is direct object (DO)–indirect object (IO), where the DO c-commands the IO, and the second analysis proposes that the basic word order is IO–DO, where the IO c-commands the DO. Cross-Modal Priming (CMP) (Swinney et al., 1979) and Probe-Classification During Reading aloud (Dekydtspotter et al., 2010) were employed. Trace reactivation effects confirm the TRH only in the CMP task and only when adopting the IO–DO order as basic.

01 01 JB code lald.64.03vil 06 10.1075/lald.64.03vil 57 71 15 Chapter 5 01 04 When initial thematic role attribution lingers When initial thematic role attribution lingers 01 04 Evidence for digging-in effects in Italian relative clauses Evidence for digging-in effects in Italian relative clauses 1 A01 01 JB code 857415195 Sandra Villata Villata, Sandra Sandra Villata University of Connecticut 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/857415195 2 A01 01 JB code 106415196 Paolo Lorusso Lorusso, Paolo Paolo Lorusso IUSS Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia/CRIL Università del Salento 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/106415196 01 eng 30 00

In Italian, relative clauses are syntactically ambiguous between a subject and an object reading when the subject and the object have the same number. In the absence of disambiguating cues, the parser analyzes the sentence as a subject relative clause, as subject relative clauses are easier to process than object relative clauses. However, the object reading can be triggered by morpho-syntactic and syntactic cues, such as agreement and word order. In two self-paced reading experiments, we investigate the effectiveness of these cues in triggering an object reanalysis by comparing cues that appear at an early processing stage (inside the relative clause) and cues that appear at a late processing stage (after the relative clause). Results show that reanalysis is attained more effortlessly for early cues, while late cues appears to trigger little or no reanalysis, suggesting that the longer the processor has been committed to the incorrect analysis, the harder is to undo the initial commitment (digging-in effect; Tabor & Hutchins, 2004; see also Ferreira & Henderson, 1991). From these results, we argue that one critical factor that affects ease of parsing is the processing stage at which a cue is made available in the input. We conclude with a discussion on the self-organized sentence processing model (SOSP), which provides a framework to capture these effects.

01 01 JB code lald.64.p2 06 10.1075/lald.64.p2 73 133 61 Section header 6 01 04 Empty categories Empty categories 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.04fel 06 10.1075/lald.64.04fel 75 90 16 Chapter 7 01 04 Brain responses elicited by implausible fillers and filled object gaps in German Brain responses elicited by implausible fillers and filled object gaps in German 1 A01 01 JB code 857415197 Claudia Felser Felser, Claudia Claudia Felser University of Potsdam 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/857415197 2 A01 01 JB code 126415198 Anna Jessen Jessen, Anna Anna Jessen University of Potsdam 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/126415198 01 eng 30 00

We report the results from two experiments on the processing of filler-gap dependencies in German using event-related potentials (ERPs). Our aim was to identify and isolate brain responses linked to semantic vs. syntactic integration processes. Using maximally parallel stimulus materials, we examined ERPs at the subcategorising verb in sentences containing either a semantically implausible direct object filler or a filled direct object gap. Whilst the processing difficulty associated with trying to integrate an implausible filler with its subcategoriser was reflected in an enhanced N400 response, encountering a filled preverbal object gap elicited a P600 response at the verb but no negativity. These results confirm that the semantic and syntactic integration of displaced constituents are dissociable and qualitatively distinct processes.

01 01 JB code lald.64.05lar 06 10.1075/lald.64.05lar 91 116 26 Chapter 8 01 04 Gone with a trace? Gone with a trace? 01 04 Reactivation at PRO positions Reactivation at PRO positions 1 A01 01 JB code 789415199 Tori Larsen Larsen, Tori Tori Larsen University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/789415199 2 A01 01 JB code 18415200 Christer Johansson Johansson, Christer Christer Johansson University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/18415200 01 eng 30 00

PRO is a theoretically attractive empty category proposed to fill the subject position in non-finite clauses. This chapter is concerned with the empirical evidence for PRO. We investigate reactivation patterns in Control sentences in Norwegian with data from two reaction time experiments. We use a picture recognition task to measure the time and position of PRO antecedent reactivation during sentence processing. The data analysis explores a baseline that has the ability to separate syntactic priming (correct PRO antecedent reactivation) and repetition priming. We find a significant effect of position and an effect of syntactic priming for Subject Control using mixed effects models. We discuss possible theoretical implications and necessary future research.

01 01 JB code lald.64.06vea 06 10.1075/lald.64.06vea 117 133 17 Chapter 9 01 04 Priming paradigmatic gaps Priming paradigmatic gaps 1 A01 01 JB code 630415201 Joakim Andreassen Vea Vea, Joakim Andreassen Joakim Andreassen Vea University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/630415201 2 A01 01 JB code 23415202 Christer Johansson Johansson, Christer Christer Johansson University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/23415202 01 eng 30 00

We present an experimental study on paradigmatic gaps in the neuter gender of Norwegian adjectives. The formation of neuter gender forms is typically not complicated, and yet people hesitate to use a predictable set of adjectives. We investigate the effect of priming in order to determine if the missing neuter forms will facilitate lexical decisions for their common gender form, possibly through lemma activation. A clear difference was found between regular and problematic adjectives. This shows that the intuition of speakers is reflected in detectable differences in processing.

01 01 JB code lald.64.p3 06 10.1075/lald.64.p3 135 173 39 Section header 10 01 04 Determiner Phrases Determiner Phrases 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.07kor 06 10.1075/lald.64.07kor 137 152 16 Chapter 11 01 04 A good-enough representation is not good enough A good-enough representation is not good enough 1 A01 01 JB code 706415203 Loes Koring Koring, Loes Loes Koring University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/706415203 01 eng 30 00

It has been proposed that language processing invokes extra-grammatical heuristics in addition to, or instead of the computational system (e.g., Townsend & Bever, 2001; Karimi & Ferreira, 2016). The outputs of these extra-grammatical heuristics are called “good-enough” representations. These representations lack (syntactic) detail and are incomplete (Karimi & Ferreira, 2016). This paper evaluates this claim by investigating one extra-grammatical processing heuristic in particular: the NV(N)-strategy. Two experiments prove that (i) interpretations that would result from application of the NV(N)-strategy are sometimes difficult to generate and (ii) listeners compute (syntactic) representations for sentences that are more detailed than the NV(N)-strategy would predict. This gives rise to the question whether “good-enough” representations are computed at all.

01 01 JB code lald.64.08tri 06 10.1075/lald.64.08tri 153 174 22 Chapter 12 01 04 Processing of pronoun gender by Dutch-Russian simultaneous bilinguals Processing of pronoun gender by Dutch-Russian simultaneous bilinguals 01 04 Evidence from eye-tracking Evidence from eye-tracking 1 A01 01 JB code 406415204 Elena Tribushinina Tribushinina, Elena Elena Tribushinina University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/406415204 2 A01 01 JB code 683415205 Julia Lomako Lomako, Julia Julia Lomako University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/683415205 3 A01 01 JB code 857415206 Natalia Gagarina Gagarina, Natalia Natalia Gagarina University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/857415206 4 A01 01 JB code 110415207 Ekaterina Abrosova Abrosova, Ekaterina Ekaterina Abrosova University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/110415207 5 A01 01 JB code 290415208 Pim Mak Mak, Pim Pim Mak University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/290415208 01 eng 30 00

This paper investigates the processing of pronoun gender by bilingual children. Prior research shows that Dutch–Russian bilinguals below age 7 often make gender agreement errors in Russian anaphoric pronouns, whereas monolingual children are target-like by age 4. This paper aims to establish whether the frequent production errors in the speech of bilinguals are due to lacking knowledge of grammatical gender or due to incidental performance breakdowns. The results of an eye-tracking experiment demonstrate that 5–6-year-old Dutch-Russian bilinguals are sensitive to gender cues, but are slower than Russian monolingual peers and adults in pronoun resolution. The findings support the view that bilinguals possess abstract grammatical representations, but are less efficient in gender production and processing due to competition cost in bilingualism.

01 01 JB code lald.64.p4 06 10.1075/lald.64.p4 175 301 127 Section header 13 01 04 Language impairment Language impairment 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.09dor 06 10.1075/lald.64.09dor 177 207 31 Chapter 14 01 04 A syntactically based treatment of relative clauses A syntactically based treatment of relative clauses 01 04 Three case studies of Italian children with cochlear implant Three case studies of Italian children with cochlear implant 1 A01 01 JB code 86415209 Silvia D’Ortenzio D’Ortenzio, Silvia Silvia D’Ortenzio Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/86415209 2 A01 01 JB code 212415210 Silvia Montino Montino, Silvia Silvia Montino University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/212415210 3 A01 01 JB code 509415211 Alessandro Martini Martini, Alessandro Alessandro Martini University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/509415211 4 A01 01 JB code 643415212 Patrizia Trevisi Trevisi, Patrizia Patrizia Trevisi University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/643415212 5 A01 01 JB code 915415213 Francesca Volpato Volpato, Francesca Francesca Volpato Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/915415213 01 eng 30 00

In this paper, we describe three case studies of a syntactic intervention given to three Italian-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs) to improve proficiency in the production and comprehension of relative clauses, and also their narrative skills. The methodology adopted for the syntactic intervention follows previous studies on aphasic patients with agrammatism and children with developmental language disorders (DLD). Indeed, these studies have shown that an explicit teaching of syntactic rules helps in the recovery and improvement of complex structures derived by syntactic movement. Results showed a general improvement in the production and comprehension of relative clauses, and generalization effects to untrained structures. Moreover, also narrative skills improved. Results were maintained several months after the end of the syntactic intervention.

01 01 JB code lald.64.10lan 06 10.1075/lald.64.10lan 209 238 30 Chapter 15 01 04 Language impairment in an Italian child with Trisomy X Language impairment in an Italian child with Trisomy X 01 04 Assessment and intervention Assessment and intervention 1 A01 01 JB code 556415214 Natascha Lantschner Lantschner, Natascha Natascha Lantschner Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/556415214 2 A01 01 JB code 706415215 Anna Cardinaletti Cardinaletti, Anna Anna Cardinaletti Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/706415215 01 eng 30 00

This study deals with the case of Emma, an Italian 8-year-old girl affected by a sex chromosome anomaly called Trisomy X and diagnosed with Expressive Language Impairment. Language assessment of both comprehension and production was conducted through standardized and non-standardized, experimental tests. Passive, cleft, wh-sentences, and relative clauses with manipulation of number features were tested, in addition to clitic pronouns. Her spontaneous production was also assessed. Emma has problems with functional words realizing the highest portion of nominal structure: articles, prepositions, and clitic pronouns. Given her very good cognitive abilities, Emma was administered a tailor-made language intervention focused on functional elements, namely determiners and prepositions, aimed at enhancing her language awareness. During language intervention, use of Italian Sign Language (LIS) was crucial to boost lexical retrieval of functional prepositions and pluri-syllabic lexical words.

01 01 JB code lald.64.11mar 06 10.1075/lald.64.11mar 239 277 39 Chapter 16 01 04 Sentence reading in older adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment Sentence reading in older adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment 01 04 The role of Working Memory and Interference Control The role of Working Memory and Interference Control 1 A01 01 JB code 368415216 María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses Martín-Aragoneses, María Teresa María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses National Distance Education University (UNED)/Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/368415216 2 A01 01 JB code 542415217 David del Río Grande del Río Grande, David David del Río Grande Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB)/Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/542415217 3 A01 01 JB code 53415218 Ramón López-Higes Sánchez López-Higes Sánchez, Ramón Ramón López-Higes Sánchez Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/53415218 4 A01 01 JB code 778415219 José María Prados Atienza Prados Atienza, José María José María Prados Atienza Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/778415219 5 A01 01 JB code 206415220 Pedro Montejo Carrasco Montejo Carrasco, Pedro Pedro Montejo Carrasco Center for the Prevention of Cognitive Impairment 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/206415220 6 A01 01 JB code 710415221 María Luisa Delgado-Losada Delgado-Losada, María Luisa María Luisa Delgado-Losada Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/710415221 01 eng 30 00

While language comprehension tends to be well preserved in older adults, the processing and comprehension of syntactically complex sentences might be influenced by age-related changes in Working Memory (WM) and Interference Control (IC). Further, aging can be accompanied by cognitive decline caused by neurological conditions such as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), but its impact on on-line sentence processing has rarely been studied. We report a study of word-by-word reading times and comprehension of sentences with different syntactic complexity in young adults (n = 69) and two subgroups of older adults: healthy older adults (n = 32) and older adults with single- and multi-domain amnestic MCI (n = 21). The experimental protocol was based on a self-paced reading task and a variety of neuropsychological measures including Operation Span (WM) and Stroop (IC) tasks. Syntactic complexity was induced using Spanish embedded relative clauses varying subject- versus object-extraction of the antecedent noun phrase (canonical or non-canonical word order, respectively). Moreover, within non-canonical sentences, we distinguished between those that did or did not contain long-distance dependencies between the extracted object and embedded verb. All these manipulations were expected to lead to a gradual recruitment of IC and WM based on the complexity of the sentence structure. Comprehension was similar across groups, with differences explained by WM capacity. In both subgroups of older adults, the on-line processing of object extracted sentences was modulated by their available IC and WM resources, although older adults with MCI seem to recruit WM to a lesser extent. In conclusion, results suggest that IC and WM have a modulatory role in the processing and comprehension of syntactically complex sentences in older adults. Moreover, older adults with MCI seem to be particularly overwhelmed by WM demands during sentence processing and comprehension.

01 01 JB code lald.64.12wim 06 10.1075/lald.64.12wim 279 302 24 Chapter 17 01 04 The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome 1 A01 01 JB code 474415222 Eva Wimmer Wimmer, Eva Eva Wimmer Technical University of Dortmund 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/474415222 2 A01 01 JB code 642415223 Martina Penke Penke, Martina Martina Penke University of Köln 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/642415223 01 eng 30 00

Children with Down syndrome (DS) have difficulty comprehending complex syntactic structures. Ring and Clahsen (2005) attribute these problems to a specific syntactic deficit that affects A(=argument) movement. We investigated the comprehension of passive sentences (A-movement) and wh-questions (wh-movement) in 22 German children and adolescents with DS compared to mental-age matched typically developing children. The results suggest that an impairment in the syntactic development affecting also wh-movement structures occurs in a substantial proportion of children with DS and exceeds their general cognitive disabilities. The error patterns of both tests reveal problems with non-canonical clauses and the use of the Agent-first strategy as in early stages of typical acquisition. Moreover, limitations in phonological working memory might contribute to syntactic processing problems in individuals with DS.

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It covers topics ranging across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. 03 00 The present volume presents research on language processing and language disorders. Topics range across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. The chapters cover a number of linguistic phenomena, including relative clauses, empty categories, determiner phrases and inflectional morphology. Work in this collection uses a variety of experimental methods, both online and offline, such as eye tracking, reaction times, Event Related Potentials, picture selection, sentence elicitation and picture matching tasks. This book will be useful for linguists, speech therapists, and psycholinguists working on the processing of morphosyntax. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/lald.64.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027207630.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027207630.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/lald.64.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/lald.64.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/lald.64.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/lald.64.hb.png 01 01 JB code lald.64.int 06 10.1075/lald.64.int 1 8 8 Chapter 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Typical and impaired processing of relative clauses, empty categories and determiner phrases Typical and impaired processing of relative clauses, empty categories and determiner phrases 1 A01 01 JB code 625415192 Vincent Torrens Torrens, Vincent Vincent Torrens Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid 01 01 JB code lald.64.p1 06 10.1075/lald.64.p1 9 71 63 Section header 2 01 04 Relative clauses Relative clauses 01 01 JB code lald.64.01mew 06 10.1075/lald.64.01mew 11 34 24 Chapter 3 01 04 Case(mis)matching in German free relative clauses in the self-paced reading paradigm Case(mis)matching in German free relative clauses in the self-paced reading paradigm 1 A01 01 JB code 458415193 Jana Mewe Mewe, Jana Jana Mewe University of Cologne 01 01 JB code lald.64.02pas 06 10.1075/lald.64.02pas 35 55 21 Chapter 4 01 04 Integrating the filler Integrating the filler 01 04 Evidence from double object constructions in Greek relative clauses Evidence from double object constructions in Greek relative clauses 1 A01 01 JB code 66415194 Anastasia Paspali Paspali, Anastasia Anastasia Paspali Humboldt University of Berlin 01 01 JB code lald.64.03vil 06 10.1075/lald.64.03vil 57 71 15 Chapter 5 01 04 When initial thematic role attribution lingers When initial thematic role attribution lingers 01 04 Evidence for digging-in effects in Italian relative clauses Evidence for digging-in effects in Italian relative clauses 1 A01 01 JB code 857415195 Sandra Villata Villata, Sandra Sandra Villata University of Connecticut 2 A01 01 JB code 106415196 Paolo Lorusso Lorusso, Paolo Paolo Lorusso IUSS Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia/CRIL Università del Salento 01 01 JB code lald.64.p2 06 10.1075/lald.64.p2 73 133 61 Section header 6 01 04 Empty categories Empty categories 01 01 JB code lald.64.04fel 06 10.1075/lald.64.04fel 75 90 16 Chapter 7 01 04 Brain responses elicited by implausible fillers and filled object gaps in German Brain responses elicited by implausible fillers and filled object gaps in German 1 A01 01 JB code 857415197 Claudia Felser Felser, Claudia Claudia Felser University of Potsdam 2 A01 01 JB code 126415198 Anna Jessen Jessen, Anna Anna Jessen University of Potsdam 01 01 JB code lald.64.05lar 06 10.1075/lald.64.05lar 91 116 26 Chapter 8 01 04 Gone with a trace? Gone with a trace? 01 04 Reactivation at PRO positions Reactivation at PRO positions 1 A01 01 JB code 789415199 Tori Larsen Larsen, Tori Tori Larsen University of Bergen 2 A01 01 JB code 18415200 Christer Johansson Johansson, Christer Christer Johansson University of Bergen 01 01 JB code lald.64.06vea 06 10.1075/lald.64.06vea 117 133 17 Chapter 9 01 04 Priming paradigmatic gaps Priming paradigmatic gaps 1 A01 01 JB code 630415201 Joakim Andreassen Vea Vea, Joakim Andreassen Joakim Andreassen Vea University of Bergen 2 A01 01 JB code 23415202 Christer Johansson Johansson, Christer Christer Johansson University of Bergen 01 01 JB code lald.64.p3 06 10.1075/lald.64.p3 135 173 39 Section header 10 01 04 Determiner Phrases Determiner Phrases 01 01 JB code lald.64.07kor 06 10.1075/lald.64.07kor 137 152 16 Chapter 11 01 04 A good-enough representation is not good enough A good-enough representation is not good enough 1 A01 01 JB code 706415203 Loes Koring Koring, Loes Loes Koring University of Utrecht 01 01 JB code lald.64.08tri 06 10.1075/lald.64.08tri 153 173 21 Chapter 12 01 04 Processing of pronoun gender by Dutch-Russian simultaneous bilinguals Processing of pronoun gender by Dutch-Russian simultaneous bilinguals 01 04 Evidence from eye-tracking Evidence from eye-tracking 1 A01 01 JB code 406415204 Elena Tribushinina Tribushinina, Elena Elena Tribushinina University of Utrecht 2 A01 01 JB code 683415205 Julia Lomako Lomako, Julia Julia Lomako University of Utrecht 3 A01 01 JB code 857415206 Natalia Gagarina Gagarina, Natalia Natalia Gagarina University of Utrecht 4 A01 01 JB code 110415207 Ekaterina Abrosova Abrosova, Ekaterina Ekaterina Abrosova University of Utrecht 5 A01 01 JB code 290415208 Pim Mak Mak, Pim Pim Mak University of Utrecht 01 01 JB code lald.64.p4 06 10.1075/lald.64.p4 175 301 127 Section header 13 01 04 Language impairment Language impairment 01 01 JB code lald.64.09dor 06 10.1075/lald.64.09dor 177 207 31 Chapter 14 01 04 A syntactically based treatment of relative clauses A syntactically based treatment of relative clauses 01 04 Three case studies of Italian children with cochlear implant Three case studies of Italian children with cochlear implant 1 A01 01 JB code 86415209 Silvia D’Ortenzio D’Ortenzio, Silvia Silvia D’Ortenzio Ca' Foscari University of Venice 2 A01 01 JB code 212415210 Silvia Montino Montino, Silvia Silvia Montino University of Padua 3 A01 01 JB code 509415211 Alessandro Martini Martini, Alessandro Alessandro Martini University of Padua 4 A01 01 JB code 643415212 Patrizia Trevisi Trevisi, Patrizia Patrizia Trevisi University of Padua 5 A01 01 JB code 915415213 Francesca Volpato Volpato, Francesca Francesca Volpato Ca' Foscari University of Venice 01 01 JB code lald.64.10lan 06 10.1075/lald.64.10lan 209 238 30 Chapter 15 01 04 Language impairment in an Italian child with Trisomy X Language impairment in an Italian child with Trisomy X 01 04 Assessment and intervention Assessment and intervention 1 A01 01 JB code 556415214 Natascha Lantschner Lantschner, Natascha Natascha Lantschner Ca' Foscari University of Venice 2 A01 01 JB code 706415215 Anna Cardinaletti Cardinaletti, Anna Anna Cardinaletti Ca' Foscari University of Venice 01 01 JB code lald.64.11mar 06 10.1075/lald.64.11mar 239 277 39 Chapter 16 01 04 Sentence reading in older adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment Sentence reading in older adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment 01 04 The role of Working Memory and Interference Control The role of Working Memory and Interference Control 1 A01 01 JB code 368415216 María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses Martín-Aragoneses, María Teresa María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses National Distance Education University (UNED)/Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB) 2 A01 01 JB code 542415217 David del Río Grande del Río Grande, David David del Río Grande Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB)/Complutense University (UCM) 3 A01 01 JB code 53415218 Ramón López-Higes Sánchez López-Higes Sánchez, Ramón Ramón López-Higes Sánchez Complutense University (UCM) 4 A01 01 JB code 778415219 José María Prados Atienza Prados Atienza, José María José María Prados Atienza Complutense University (UCM) 5 A01 01 JB code 206415220 Pedro Montejo Carrasco Montejo Carrasco, Pedro Pedro Montejo Carrasco Center for the Prevention of Cognitive Impairment 6 A01 01 JB code 710415221 María Luisa Delgado-Losada Delgado-Losada, María Luisa María Luisa Delgado-Losada Complutense University (UCM) 01 01 JB code lald.64.12wim 06 10.1075/lald.64.12wim 279 301 23 Chapter 17 01 04 The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome 1 A01 01 JB code 474415222 Eva Wimmer Wimmer, Eva Eva Wimmer Technical University of Dortmund 2 A01 01 JB code 642415223 Martina Penke Penke, Martina Martina Penke University of Köln 01 01 JB code lald.64.ind 06 10.1075/lald.64.ind 303 305 3 Miscellaneous 18 01 04 Index Index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20201021 C 2020 John Benjamins D 2020 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027207630 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 83.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 149.00 USD 315018521 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code LALD 64 Eb 15 9789027260666 06 10.1075/lald.64 13 2020027505 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code LALD 02 0925-0123 02 64.00 01 02 Language Acquisition and Language Disorders Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02 Full EBA collection (ca. 4,200 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-eba-2023 01 02 Compact EBA Collection 2023 (ca. 700 titles, starting 2018) 11 01 JB code jbe-2020 01 02 2020 collection (131 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-eba-2024 01 02 Compact EBA Collection 2024 (ca. 600 titles, starting 2019) 01 01 Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax 1 B01 01 JB code 257313723 Vincent Torrens Torrens, Vincent Vincent Torrens National University of Distance Learning 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/257313723 01 eng 11 311 03 03 vi 03 00 305 03 01 23 415 03 2020 P290 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphosyntax. 04 Psycholinguistics. 04 Neurolinguistics. 04 Language disorders. 04 Language disorders in children. 10 LAN009040 12 CFDC 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.LA Language acquisition 24 JB code LIN.LADIS Language disorders & speech pathology 24 JB code LIN.MORPH Morphology 24 JB code LIN.PSYLIN Psycholinguistics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 The present volume presents research on language processing and language disorders. It covers topics ranging across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. 03 00 The present volume presents research on language processing and language disorders. Topics range across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. The chapters cover a number of linguistic phenomena, including relative clauses, empty categories, determiner phrases and inflectional morphology. Work in this collection uses a variety of experimental methods, both online and offline, such as eye tracking, reaction times, Event Related Potentials, picture selection, sentence elicitation and picture matching tasks. This book will be useful for linguists, speech therapists, and psycholinguists working on the processing of morphosyntax. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/lald.64.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027207630.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027207630.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/lald.64.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/lald.64.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/lald.64.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/lald.64.hb.png 01 01 JB code lald.64.int 06 10.1075/lald.64.int 1 8 8 Chapter 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Typical and impaired processing of relative clauses, empty categories and determiner phrases Typical and impaired processing of relative clauses, empty categories and determiner phrases 1 A01 01 JB code 625415192 Vincent Torrens Torrens, Vincent Vincent Torrens Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/625415192 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.p1 06 10.1075/lald.64.p1 9 71 63 Section header 2 01 04 Relative clauses Relative clauses 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.01mew 06 10.1075/lald.64.01mew 11 34 24 Chapter 3 01 04 Case(mis)matching in German free relative clauses in the self-paced reading paradigm Case(mis)matching in German free relative clauses in the self-paced reading paradigm 1 A01 01 JB code 458415193 Jana Mewe Mewe, Jana Jana Mewe University of Cologne 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/458415193 01 eng 30 00

Off-line measures suggest that the hierarchy rule strategy applies to the processing of free relative clauses (RCs) in German, suggesting that case matches between covert head and RC-pronoun are preferred, whereas mismatches are dissociated based on their (non)conformity with the case hierarchy. We asked whether on-line sentence processing supports this pattern, and investigated free RCs with combinations of nominative, accusative and dative case in the self-paced reading paradigm. Our results are captured best by assuming two further strategies: the parallel syntactic function strategy and, especially, the subject-first strategy. Based on these strategies, we provide an Optimality Theory-style analysis that explains prior findings and particularities of incremental sentence processing, and that additionally accounts for the exceptional behaviour of accusative-nominative mismatches.

01 01 JB code lald.64.02pas 06 10.1075/lald.64.02pas 35 56 22 Chapter 4 01 04 Integrating the filler Integrating the filler 01 04 Evidence from double object constructions in Greek relative clauses Evidence from double object constructions in Greek relative clauses 1 A01 01 JB code 66415194 Anastasia Paspali Paspali, Anastasia Anastasia Paspali Humboldt University of Berlin 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/66415194 01 eng 30 00

This study investigates filler integration by adult native speakers of Greek. Object Relative Clauses (RCs) including ditransitives were tested in order to address (a) whether Greek adults show reactivation of the filler at the gap as proposed by the Trace Reactivation Hypothesis (TRH), and (b) the psychological reality of two theoretical analyses of ditransitives in Greek. The first analysis proposes that the base-generated order is direct object (DO)–indirect object (IO), where the DO c-commands the IO, and the second analysis proposes that the basic word order is IO–DO, where the IO c-commands the DO. Cross-Modal Priming (CMP) (Swinney et al., 1979) and Probe-Classification During Reading aloud (Dekydtspotter et al., 2010) were employed. Trace reactivation effects confirm the TRH only in the CMP task and only when adopting the IO–DO order as basic.

01 01 JB code lald.64.03vil 06 10.1075/lald.64.03vil 57 71 15 Chapter 5 01 04 When initial thematic role attribution lingers When initial thematic role attribution lingers 01 04 Evidence for digging-in effects in Italian relative clauses Evidence for digging-in effects in Italian relative clauses 1 A01 01 JB code 857415195 Sandra Villata Villata, Sandra Sandra Villata University of Connecticut 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/857415195 2 A01 01 JB code 106415196 Paolo Lorusso Lorusso, Paolo Paolo Lorusso IUSS Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia/CRIL Università del Salento 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/106415196 01 eng 30 00

In Italian, relative clauses are syntactically ambiguous between a subject and an object reading when the subject and the object have the same number. In the absence of disambiguating cues, the parser analyzes the sentence as a subject relative clause, as subject relative clauses are easier to process than object relative clauses. However, the object reading can be triggered by morpho-syntactic and syntactic cues, such as agreement and word order. In two self-paced reading experiments, we investigate the effectiveness of these cues in triggering an object reanalysis by comparing cues that appear at an early processing stage (inside the relative clause) and cues that appear at a late processing stage (after the relative clause). Results show that reanalysis is attained more effortlessly for early cues, while late cues appears to trigger little or no reanalysis, suggesting that the longer the processor has been committed to the incorrect analysis, the harder is to undo the initial commitment (digging-in effect; Tabor & Hutchins, 2004; see also Ferreira & Henderson, 1991). From these results, we argue that one critical factor that affects ease of parsing is the processing stage at which a cue is made available in the input. We conclude with a discussion on the self-organized sentence processing model (SOSP), which provides a framework to capture these effects.

01 01 JB code lald.64.p2 06 10.1075/lald.64.p2 73 133 61 Section header 6 01 04 Empty categories Empty categories 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.04fel 06 10.1075/lald.64.04fel 75 90 16 Chapter 7 01 04 Brain responses elicited by implausible fillers and filled object gaps in German Brain responses elicited by implausible fillers and filled object gaps in German 1 A01 01 JB code 857415197 Claudia Felser Felser, Claudia Claudia Felser University of Potsdam 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/857415197 2 A01 01 JB code 126415198 Anna Jessen Jessen, Anna Anna Jessen University of Potsdam 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/126415198 01 eng 30 00

We report the results from two experiments on the processing of filler-gap dependencies in German using event-related potentials (ERPs). Our aim was to identify and isolate brain responses linked to semantic vs. syntactic integration processes. Using maximally parallel stimulus materials, we examined ERPs at the subcategorising verb in sentences containing either a semantically implausible direct object filler or a filled direct object gap. Whilst the processing difficulty associated with trying to integrate an implausible filler with its subcategoriser was reflected in an enhanced N400 response, encountering a filled preverbal object gap elicited a P600 response at the verb but no negativity. These results confirm that the semantic and syntactic integration of displaced constituents are dissociable and qualitatively distinct processes.

01 01 JB code lald.64.05lar 06 10.1075/lald.64.05lar 91 116 26 Chapter 8 01 04 Gone with a trace? Gone with a trace? 01 04 Reactivation at PRO positions Reactivation at PRO positions 1 A01 01 JB code 789415199 Tori Larsen Larsen, Tori Tori Larsen University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/789415199 2 A01 01 JB code 18415200 Christer Johansson Johansson, Christer Christer Johansson University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/18415200 01 eng 30 00

PRO is a theoretically attractive empty category proposed to fill the subject position in non-finite clauses. This chapter is concerned with the empirical evidence for PRO. We investigate reactivation patterns in Control sentences in Norwegian with data from two reaction time experiments. We use a picture recognition task to measure the time and position of PRO antecedent reactivation during sentence processing. The data analysis explores a baseline that has the ability to separate syntactic priming (correct PRO antecedent reactivation) and repetition priming. We find a significant effect of position and an effect of syntactic priming for Subject Control using mixed effects models. We discuss possible theoretical implications and necessary future research.

01 01 JB code lald.64.06vea 06 10.1075/lald.64.06vea 117 133 17 Chapter 9 01 04 Priming paradigmatic gaps Priming paradigmatic gaps 1 A01 01 JB code 630415201 Joakim Andreassen Vea Vea, Joakim Andreassen Joakim Andreassen Vea University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/630415201 2 A01 01 JB code 23415202 Christer Johansson Johansson, Christer Christer Johansson University of Bergen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/23415202 01 eng 30 00

We present an experimental study on paradigmatic gaps in the neuter gender of Norwegian adjectives. The formation of neuter gender forms is typically not complicated, and yet people hesitate to use a predictable set of adjectives. We investigate the effect of priming in order to determine if the missing neuter forms will facilitate lexical decisions for their common gender form, possibly through lemma activation. A clear difference was found between regular and problematic adjectives. This shows that the intuition of speakers is reflected in detectable differences in processing.

01 01 JB code lald.64.p3 06 10.1075/lald.64.p3 135 173 39 Section header 10 01 04 Determiner Phrases Determiner Phrases 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.07kor 06 10.1075/lald.64.07kor 137 152 16 Chapter 11 01 04 A good-enough representation is not good enough A good-enough representation is not good enough 1 A01 01 JB code 706415203 Loes Koring Koring, Loes Loes Koring University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/706415203 01 eng 30 00

It has been proposed that language processing invokes extra-grammatical heuristics in addition to, or instead of the computational system (e.g., Townsend & Bever, 2001; Karimi & Ferreira, 2016). The outputs of these extra-grammatical heuristics are called “good-enough” representations. These representations lack (syntactic) detail and are incomplete (Karimi & Ferreira, 2016). This paper evaluates this claim by investigating one extra-grammatical processing heuristic in particular: the NV(N)-strategy. Two experiments prove that (i) interpretations that would result from application of the NV(N)-strategy are sometimes difficult to generate and (ii) listeners compute (syntactic) representations for sentences that are more detailed than the NV(N)-strategy would predict. This gives rise to the question whether “good-enough” representations are computed at all.

01 01 JB code lald.64.08tri 06 10.1075/lald.64.08tri 153 174 22 Chapter 12 01 04 Processing of pronoun gender by Dutch-Russian simultaneous bilinguals Processing of pronoun gender by Dutch-Russian simultaneous bilinguals 01 04 Evidence from eye-tracking Evidence from eye-tracking 1 A01 01 JB code 406415204 Elena Tribushinina Tribushinina, Elena Elena Tribushinina University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/406415204 2 A01 01 JB code 683415205 Julia Lomako Lomako, Julia Julia Lomako University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/683415205 3 A01 01 JB code 857415206 Natalia Gagarina Gagarina, Natalia Natalia Gagarina University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/857415206 4 A01 01 JB code 110415207 Ekaterina Abrosova Abrosova, Ekaterina Ekaterina Abrosova University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/110415207 5 A01 01 JB code 290415208 Pim Mak Mak, Pim Pim Mak University of Utrecht 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/290415208 01 eng 30 00

This paper investigates the processing of pronoun gender by bilingual children. Prior research shows that Dutch–Russian bilinguals below age 7 often make gender agreement errors in Russian anaphoric pronouns, whereas monolingual children are target-like by age 4. This paper aims to establish whether the frequent production errors in the speech of bilinguals are due to lacking knowledge of grammatical gender or due to incidental performance breakdowns. The results of an eye-tracking experiment demonstrate that 5–6-year-old Dutch-Russian bilinguals are sensitive to gender cues, but are slower than Russian monolingual peers and adults in pronoun resolution. The findings support the view that bilinguals possess abstract grammatical representations, but are less efficient in gender production and processing due to competition cost in bilingualism.

01 01 JB code lald.64.p4 06 10.1075/lald.64.p4 175 301 127 Section header 13 01 04 Language impairment Language impairment 01 eng 01 01 JB code lald.64.09dor 06 10.1075/lald.64.09dor 177 207 31 Chapter 14 01 04 A syntactically based treatment of relative clauses A syntactically based treatment of relative clauses 01 04 Three case studies of Italian children with cochlear implant Three case studies of Italian children with cochlear implant 1 A01 01 JB code 86415209 Silvia D’Ortenzio D’Ortenzio, Silvia Silvia D’Ortenzio Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/86415209 2 A01 01 JB code 212415210 Silvia Montino Montino, Silvia Silvia Montino University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/212415210 3 A01 01 JB code 509415211 Alessandro Martini Martini, Alessandro Alessandro Martini University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/509415211 4 A01 01 JB code 643415212 Patrizia Trevisi Trevisi, Patrizia Patrizia Trevisi University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/643415212 5 A01 01 JB code 915415213 Francesca Volpato Volpato, Francesca Francesca Volpato Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/915415213 01 eng 30 00

In this paper, we describe three case studies of a syntactic intervention given to three Italian-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs) to improve proficiency in the production and comprehension of relative clauses, and also their narrative skills. The methodology adopted for the syntactic intervention follows previous studies on aphasic patients with agrammatism and children with developmental language disorders (DLD). Indeed, these studies have shown that an explicit teaching of syntactic rules helps in the recovery and improvement of complex structures derived by syntactic movement. Results showed a general improvement in the production and comprehension of relative clauses, and generalization effects to untrained structures. Moreover, also narrative skills improved. Results were maintained several months after the end of the syntactic intervention.

01 01 JB code lald.64.10lan 06 10.1075/lald.64.10lan 209 238 30 Chapter 15 01 04 Language impairment in an Italian child with Trisomy X Language impairment in an Italian child with Trisomy X 01 04 Assessment and intervention Assessment and intervention 1 A01 01 JB code 556415214 Natascha Lantschner Lantschner, Natascha Natascha Lantschner Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/556415214 2 A01 01 JB code 706415215 Anna Cardinaletti Cardinaletti, Anna Anna Cardinaletti Ca' Foscari University of Venice 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/706415215 01 eng 30 00

This study deals with the case of Emma, an Italian 8-year-old girl affected by a sex chromosome anomaly called Trisomy X and diagnosed with Expressive Language Impairment. Language assessment of both comprehension and production was conducted through standardized and non-standardized, experimental tests. Passive, cleft, wh-sentences, and relative clauses with manipulation of number features were tested, in addition to clitic pronouns. Her spontaneous production was also assessed. Emma has problems with functional words realizing the highest portion of nominal structure: articles, prepositions, and clitic pronouns. Given her very good cognitive abilities, Emma was administered a tailor-made language intervention focused on functional elements, namely determiners and prepositions, aimed at enhancing her language awareness. During language intervention, use of Italian Sign Language (LIS) was crucial to boost lexical retrieval of functional prepositions and pluri-syllabic lexical words.

01 01 JB code lald.64.11mar 06 10.1075/lald.64.11mar 239 277 39 Chapter 16 01 04 Sentence reading in older adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment Sentence reading in older adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment 01 04 The role of Working Memory and Interference Control The role of Working Memory and Interference Control 1 A01 01 JB code 368415216 María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses Martín-Aragoneses, María Teresa María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses National Distance Education University (UNED)/Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/368415216 2 A01 01 JB code 542415217 David del Río Grande del Río Grande, David David del Río Grande Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB)/Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/542415217 3 A01 01 JB code 53415218 Ramón López-Higes Sánchez López-Higes Sánchez, Ramón Ramón López-Higes Sánchez Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/53415218 4 A01 01 JB code 778415219 José María Prados Atienza Prados Atienza, José María José María Prados Atienza Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/778415219 5 A01 01 JB code 206415220 Pedro Montejo Carrasco Montejo Carrasco, Pedro Pedro Montejo Carrasco Center for the Prevention of Cognitive Impairment 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/206415220 6 A01 01 JB code 710415221 María Luisa Delgado-Losada Delgado-Losada, María Luisa María Luisa Delgado-Losada Complutense University (UCM) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/710415221 01 eng 30 00

While language comprehension tends to be well preserved in older adults, the processing and comprehension of syntactically complex sentences might be influenced by age-related changes in Working Memory (WM) and Interference Control (IC). Further, aging can be accompanied by cognitive decline caused by neurological conditions such as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), but its impact on on-line sentence processing has rarely been studied. We report a study of word-by-word reading times and comprehension of sentences with different syntactic complexity in young adults (n = 69) and two subgroups of older adults: healthy older adults (n = 32) and older adults with single- and multi-domain amnestic MCI (n = 21). The experimental protocol was based on a self-paced reading task and a variety of neuropsychological measures including Operation Span (WM) and Stroop (IC) tasks. Syntactic complexity was induced using Spanish embedded relative clauses varying subject- versus object-extraction of the antecedent noun phrase (canonical or non-canonical word order, respectively). Moreover, within non-canonical sentences, we distinguished between those that did or did not contain long-distance dependencies between the extracted object and embedded verb. All these manipulations were expected to lead to a gradual recruitment of IC and WM based on the complexity of the sentence structure. Comprehension was similar across groups, with differences explained by WM capacity. In both subgroups of older adults, the on-line processing of object extracted sentences was modulated by their available IC and WM resources, although older adults with MCI seem to recruit WM to a lesser extent. In conclusion, results suggest that IC and WM have a modulatory role in the processing and comprehension of syntactically complex sentences in older adults. Moreover, older adults with MCI seem to be particularly overwhelmed by WM demands during sentence processing and comprehension.

01 01 JB code lald.64.12wim 06 10.1075/lald.64.12wim 279 302 24 Chapter 17 01 04 The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome The comprehension of wh-questions and passives in German children and adolescents with Down syndrome 1 A01 01 JB code 474415222 Eva Wimmer Wimmer, Eva Eva Wimmer Technical University of Dortmund 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/474415222 2 A01 01 JB code 642415223 Martina Penke Penke, Martina Martina Penke University of Köln 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/642415223 01 eng 30 00

Children with Down syndrome (DS) have difficulty comprehending complex syntactic structures. Ring and Clahsen (2005) attribute these problems to a specific syntactic deficit that affects A(=argument) movement. We investigated the comprehension of passive sentences (A-movement) and wh-questions (wh-movement) in 22 German children and adolescents with DS compared to mental-age matched typically developing children. The results suggest that an impairment in the syntactic development affecting also wh-movement structures occurs in a substantial proportion of children with DS and exceeds their general cognitive disabilities. The error patterns of both tests reveal problems with non-canonical clauses and the use of the Agent-first strategy as in early stages of typical acquisition. Moreover, limitations in phonological working memory might contribute to syntactic processing problems in individuals with DS.

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