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Chapter 4 - Word Order Preference in Sentence Comprehension II: fMRI Studies
Masatoshi Koizumi, Tohoku University, Japan
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Constituent Order in Language and Thought

Published online:

19 January 2023

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19 January 2023, pp 36-48
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Chapter 4 compares brain activations in response to Kaqchikel sentences with the VOS and SVO orders, obtained using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). It is known that the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) of the brain exhibits enhanced activation in response to grammatically complex, demanding sentences. The fMRI experiment we conducted with Kaqchikel speakers revealed that cortical activation in the left IFG was significantly higher in response to SVO sentences than VOS sentences, which clearly shows that it is the grammatical features of individual languages, and not universal human cognitive features, that primarily modulate brain activation and determine sentence processing load.