Position Changes in Chinese Phrase : A fMRI Study
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Position changes in Chinese phrase are explained with light verb assumption in Generative Grammar. With regards to the idea that light verb is a hypothetical element, this study attempted to find the brain neural correlates in positions changes of Chinese phrases and whether this processing is launched by light verb or not. The results show that these phrases which can change the positions activated more brain areas than those that can’t change positions. In particular, the activated left inferior frontal gyrus indicated that this activation involved a syntactic process. It is possible that light verb made this process occur.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010