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Which brain areas are involved in different aspects of language?
Which brain areas are involved in different aspects of language?
What is affected by word frequency, and some words have more than one meaning?
What is affected by word frequency, and some words have more than one meaning?
What is the word superiority effect related to?
What is the word superiority effect related to?
What do the frontal and temporal lobes in the brain do in relation to language?
What do the frontal and temporal lobes in the brain do in relation to language?
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The meaning of ambiguous words while reading a sentence is determined by the word’s dominance and the context created by the sentence. Which situation illustrates balanced dominance?
The meaning of ambiguous words while reading a sentence is determined by the word’s dominance and the context created by the sentence. Which situation illustrates balanced dominance?
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Which brain wave of the ERP is affected when the meaning of the word does not fit the rest of the sentence?
Which brain wave of the ERP is affected when the meaning of the word does not fit the rest of the sentence?
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What does the syntax-first approach to parsing emphasize?
What does the syntax-first approach to parsing emphasize?
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In syntactic priming experiments, what is emphasized?
In syntactic priming experiments, what is emphasized?
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What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis relate to?
What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis relate to?
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What does anaphoric inference involve?
What does anaphoric inference involve?
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What is the key inference in the example of 'Williams Shakespeare wrote Hamlet while he was sitting at his desk'?
What is the key inference in the example of 'Williams Shakespeare wrote Hamlet while he was sitting at his desk'?
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What influences the way we interpret the relationships between words in sentences?
What influences the way we interpret the relationships between words in sentences?
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What does the P6000 wave of the ERP relate to?
What does the P6000 wave of the ERP relate to?
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What does the -ve N4000 wave of the ERP relate to?
What does the -ve N4000 wave of the ERP relate to?
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What is emphasized in the interactionist approach to parsing?
What is emphasized in the interactionist approach to parsing?
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What is the focus of the syntax-first approach to parsing?
What is the focus of the syntax-first approach to parsing?
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