Abstract:In a recent elicited-production study with native speakers of Slovenian, Marušič, Nevins, and Saksida (2007) and Marušič, Nevins, and Badecker (2015) show that there are three distinct variously attested gender-agreement grammars. In this study, the high temporal-resolution of the ERP (event-related potential) technique was used to detect neurological components and measure the processing cost of the three gender-computing mechanisms. The study is comprised of two acceptability-judgment experiments, using a factorial design with nonmasculine mixed-gender conjuncts. Experiment 1 contrasts two strategies, Distant- (DCA) and Closest-Conjunct Agreement (CCA), to question whether the linear distance between a participle and the two conjuncts is language- or memory-related. The Experiment 1 results show behaviorally an overall significant effect of gender; and neurologically a memory-related component, the P300. Experiment 2 sets out to detect alternations to the processing cost when default (Def) agreement is added to the experimental paradigm. The Experiment 2 results indicate no gender effects; instead, two language-related components, N250 and N450, were observed, statistically picking out DCA once again. We argue that in an ecologically valid environment where all three grammatical options are made available, processing of DCA is no longer supported by a general cognitive mechanism, such as memory, but is rather computed by language-related processes.

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克罗地亚混合性别联合协议：一项 ERP 研究

摘要：在最近一项针对斯洛文尼亚语、Marušič、Nevins 和 Saksida（2007 年）以及 Marušič、Nevins 和 Badecker（2015 年）的母语人士进行的引出式研究中，表明存在三种不同的、经过不同证明的性别协定语法。在这项研究中，ERP（事件相关电位）技术的高时间分辨率用于检测神经系统成分并测量三种性别计算机制的处理成本。该研究由两个可接受性判断实验组成，使用非男性混合性别联合的析因设计。实验 1 对比了两种策略，距离（DCA）和最近连词一致（CCA），以质疑分词和两个连词之间的线性距离是否与语言或记忆相关。实验 1 结果表明性别在行为上具有整体显着影响；神经学上与记忆相关的组件 P300。实验 2 着手检测当默认 (Def) 协议添加到实验范式时处理成本的变化。实验 2 结果表明没有性别影响；相反，观察到两个与语言相关的组件 N250 和 N450，再次从统计上挑选出 DCA。我们认为，在所有三种语法选项都可用的生态有效环境中，DCA 的处理不再由一般认知机制（如记忆）支持，而是由与语言相关的过程计算。实验 2 着手检测当默认 (Def) 协议添加到实验范式时处理成本的变化。实验 2 结果表明没有性别影响；相反，观察到两个与语言相关的组件 N250 和 N450，再次从统计上挑选出 DCA。我们认为，在所有三种语法选项都可用的生态有效环境中，DCA 的处理不再由一般认知机制（如记忆）支持，而是由与语言相关的过程计算。实验 2 着手检测当默认 (Def) 协议添加到实验范式时处理成本的变化。实验 2 结果表明没有性别影响；相反，观察到两个与语言相关的组件 N250 和 N450，再次从统计上挑选出 DCA。我们认为，在所有三种语法选项都可用的生态有效环境中，DCA 的处理不再由一般认知机制（如记忆）支持，而是由与语言相关的过程计算。