Mismatching meanings in brain and behavior

Liina Pylkkänen

doi:10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00073.x

Mismatching meanings in brain and behavior

Liina Pylkkänen

Neuroscience of Language Lab

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Natural language interpretation is generally thought to be compositional, that is, the meanings of expressions are a function of the meanings of their parts and of the way the parts are syntactically combined. Theories of the syntax-semantics interface aim to articulate the details of this function. This article discusses a new research program in which psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic experiments on so-called syntax-semantics mismatches are used to elucidate the mechanisms that mediate between structure and meaning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	712-738
Number of pages	27
Journal	Linguistics and Language Compass
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00073.x
State	Published - 2008

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