Backward licensing of Negative Polarity Items in Dutch: An ERP investigation

Publication date: August 2019Source: Journal of Neurolinguistics, Volume 51Author(s): Leticia Pablos, Jenny Doetjes, Bobby J. Ruijgrok, Lisa L.S. ChengAbstractThis Event-related Potential (ERP) study examines the licensing of NPIs in Dutch in a grammatical configuration where the NPI linearly precedes its licensor. It investigates how the addition of modifiers at two different structural positions in the sentence affects differently the process of actively searching for an upcoming licensor. We measured the ERPs elicited at the licensor position by comparing conditions with modifiers at two different structural positions, with a control condition where no modifier was added, where all the tested conditions were grammatical. In addition, we examined whether adding different number of modifi...

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