Constituent Order in Language and Thought: A Case Study in Field-Based Psycholinguistics

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Masatoshi Koizumi (Tohoku University, Japan)

Constituent Order in Language and Thought

A Case Study in Field-Based Psycholinguistics

Masatoshi Koizumi (Tohoku University, Japan)

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Cambridge University Press
19 January 2023

linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Grammar, syntax; Anthropology; Psychology

Traditionally, due to the availability of technology, psycholinguistic research has focused mainly on Western languages. However, this focus has recently shifted towards a more diverse range of languages, whose structures often throw into question many previous assumptions in syntactic theory and language processing. Based on a case study in field-based comparative psycholinguistics, this pioneering book is the first to explore the neurocognition of endangered 'object-before-subject' languages, such as Kaqchikel and Seediq. It draws on a range of methods - including linguistic fieldwork, theoretical linguistic analysis, corpus research, questionnaire surveys, behavioural experiments, eye tracking, event-related brain potentials, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and near-infrared spectroscopy – to consider preferred constituent orders in both language and thought, examining comprehension as well as production.

In doing so, it highlights the importance of field-based cross-linguistic cognitive neuroscientific research in uncovering universal and language-particular aspects of the human language faculty, and the interaction between language and thought.

By: Masatoshi Koizumi (Tohoku University Japan)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781108844031
ISBN 10: 1108844030
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 19 January 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Masatoshi Koizumi is Professor of Linguistics and Brain Science at Tohoku University, Japan. His research interests include grammatical theory and neurocognition of language. He is currently engaged in field-based cognitive neuroscience research on understudied languages.