Neural correlates of semantic number: A cross-linguistic investigation.
Cognitive neuroscience
Neurolinguistics
Number
Semantics
Typology
Journal
Brain and language
ISSN: 1090-2155
Titre abrégé: Brain Lang
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7506220
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
received:
12
05
2021
revised:
22
03
2022
accepted:
24
03
2022
pubmed:
4
4
2022
medline:
6
5
2022
entrez:
3
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
One aspect of natural language comprehension is understanding how many of what or whom a speaker is referring to. While previous work has documented the neural correlates of number comprehension and quantity comparison, this study investigates semantic number from a cross-linguistic perspective with the goal of identifying cortical regions involved in distinguishing plural from singular nouns. Three fMRI datasets are used in which Chinese, French, and English native speakers listen to an audiobook of a children's story in their native language. These languages are selected because they differ in their number semantics. Across these languages, several well-known language regions manifest a contrast between plural and singular, including the pars orbitalis, pars triangularis, posterior temporal lobe, and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. This is consistent with a common brain network supporting comprehension across languages with overt as well as covert number-marking.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35367813
pii: S0093-934X(22)00040-2
doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105110
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105110Informations de copyright
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