Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers
Little is known about: (a) whether bilingual signers possess dissociated neural mechanisms for noun and verb processing in written language (just like native non-signers), or they utilize similar neural mechanisms for those processing (due to general lack of part-of-speech criterion in sign language...
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| description | Little is known about: (a) whether bilingual signers possess dissociated neural mechanisms for noun and verb processing in written language (just like native non-signers), or they utilize similar neural mechanisms for those processing (due to general lack of part-of-speech criterion in sign languages); and (b) whether learning a language from another modality (L2) influences corresponding neural mechanism of L1. In order to address these issues, we conducted an electroencephalogram (EEG) based reading comprehension study on bimodal bilinguals, namely Chinese native deaf signers, whose L1 is Chinese Sign Language and L2 is written Chinese. Analyses identified significantly dissociated neural mechanisms in the bilingual signers’ written noun and verb processing (which also became more explicit along with increase in their written Chinese understanding levels), but not in their understanding of verbal and nominal meanings in Chinese Sign Language. These findings reveal relevance between modality-based linguistic features and processing mechanisms, which suggests that: processing modality-based features of a language is unlikely affected by learning another language in a different modality; and cross-modal language transfer is subject to modal constraints rather than explicit linguistic features. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85d5624c397541e2b8ede05e05def4c32022-12-22T04:08:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2022-10-011610.3389/fnins.2022.910263910263Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signersLewen Xu0Lewen Xu1Lewen Xu2Tao Gong3Tao Gong4Lan Shuai5Jun Feng6Jun Feng7Jun Feng8Department of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaZhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, ChinaInstitutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, ChinaGoogle, New York, NY, United StatesEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaZhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, ChinaInstitutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaLittle is known about: (a) whether bilingual signers possess dissociated neural mechanisms for noun and verb processing in written language (just like native non-signers), or they utilize similar neural mechanisms for those processing (due to general lack of part-of-speech criterion in sign languages); and (b) whether learning a language from another modality (L2) influences corresponding neural mechanism of L1. In order to address these issues, we conducted an electroencephalogram (EEG) based reading comprehension study on bimodal bilinguals, namely Chinese native deaf signers, whose L1 is Chinese Sign Language and L2 is written Chinese. Analyses identified significantly dissociated neural mechanisms in the bilingual signers’ written noun and verb processing (which also became more explicit along with increase in their written Chinese understanding levels), but not in their understanding of verbal and nominal meanings in Chinese Sign Language. These findings reveal relevance between modality-based linguistic features and processing mechanisms, which suggests that: processing modality-based features of a language is unlikely affected by learning another language in a different modality; and cross-modal language transfer is subject to modal constraints rather than explicit linguistic features.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.910263/fulldeaf signersevent-related potentialChinese sign languagepart-of-speechnoun-verb dissociation |
| spellingShingle | Lewen Xu Lewen Xu Lewen Xu Tao Gong Tao Gong Lan Shuai Jun Feng Jun Feng Jun Feng Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers Frontiers in Neuroscience deaf signers event-related potential Chinese sign language part-of-speech noun-verb dissociation |
| title | Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers |
| title_full | Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers |
| title_fullStr | Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers |
| title_short | Significantly different noun-verb distinguishing mechanisms in written Chinese and Chinese sign language: An event-related potential study of bilingual native signers |
| title_sort | significantly different noun verb distinguishing mechanisms in written chinese and chinese sign language an event related potential study of bilingual native signers |
| topic | deaf signers event-related potential Chinese sign language part-of-speech noun-verb dissociation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.910263/full |
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