Monotonicity: Grammar, Processing, and Neural Reflections

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​​One of the main discoveries of linguistic theory has been that grammar is sensitive to the monotonicity properties of the objects it generates. A related discovery in experimental (neuro)linguistics has been that the monotonicity properties of linguistic objects also affect their processing, and appear to be neuroanatomically localized. We plan to focus on polarity items and quantification more generally. On the empirical side, we will examine how monotonicity impacts grammatical operations, their processing, and their neural reflexes. On the methodological side, we will consider how theoretical and experimental methods can and should be jointly employed to address these questions.

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Luka Crnic and Yosef Grodzinsky

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Students

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