Journal

Volume 19, Issue 3 (September 30, 2018)

7 articles

• JCS Vol19 No 3 Cover and Book (LCAM)/Conference (ICCS 2019) Announcement
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  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 0-0;
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• Introduction- Psycholinguistics expanding eastward
  by Nayoung Kwon
  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 285-290;
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• A Minimalist Parsing Account of Attachment Ambiguity in English and Korean
  by So Young Lee
  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 291-329;
  Abstract This paper investigates whether attachment ambiguity preference attested inpsycholinguistic literature can be correctly predicted, utilizing memory basedmetrics developed by Graf et al. (2017). Two different types of attachmentambiguity in Korean, the dative argument attachment ambiguity and the rel... [Read more].
  Abstract This paper investigates whether attachment ambiguity preference attested inpsycholinguistic literature can be correctly predicted, utilizing memory basedmetrics developed by Graf et al. (2017). Two different types of attachmentambiguity in Korean, the dative argument attachment ambiguity and the relativeclause attachment ambiguity, are mainly tested. Furthermore, in order to examinewhether the Minimalist Grammar Parsing Model can predict the broad humansentence processing effects, the work in the previous literature in Graf et al.(2017) were tested together. While none of the single metrics made the correctpredictions, the combination of metrics based on tenure and size could predict thepreferences of all different kinds of constructions reported in psycholinguisticstudies. This suggests that human sentence processing effect cannot beunderstood by a single element. The well-selected metrics in this paper can tell uswhat kind of structural complexity are related to processing sentences. [Collapse]
• Expressing Ignorance in Japanese: Contrastive wa versus sukunakutomo
  by Hitomi Hirayama, Adrian Brasoveanu
  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 331-355;
  Abstract In a series of three experiments, we investigate ignorance inferences triggeredby two numeral modifiers in Japanese, contrastive wa and sukunakutomo ‘atleast’. Experiment 1 (self-paced reading followed by acceptability judgments)investigates how Questions under Discussion (QuDs) affect ignorance inf... [Read more].
  Abstract In a series of three experiments, we investigate ignorance inferences triggeredby two numeral modifiers in Japanese, contrastive wa and sukunakutomo ‘atleast’. Experiment 1 (self-paced reading followed by acceptability judgments)investigates how Questions under Discussion (QuDs) affect ignorance inferencesand shows that wa is QuD sensitive, while sukunakutomo is not. Given the results,we hypothesize that there is a competition between the two ways of expressingignorance: sukunakutomo unambiguously encodes ignorance and is thereforepreferred when the speaker wants to express uncertainty. In contrast, wa simplyrequires the presence of alternatives to the at-issue content, which are possible asfar as the speaker is concerned. These alternatives can be about numbers, whichtrigger ignorance inferences, but need not be. Experiments 2 and 3 are forcedbinary choice tasks. Experiment 2 investigated how sensitive people are toignorance of the speaker or contextual contrast when they are given a choicebetween wa and ga. Experiment 3 compared wa and sukunakutomo and supportedthe competition hypothesis. Specifically, Experiment 3 shows that sukunakutomois preferred when the speaker is ignorant, while wa is preferred when the speakeris knowledgeable, and there is a contextually salient contrast that wa picks up on. [Collapse]
• Implicit Translation during Second Language Lexical Processing
  by Jinah Kim, Ji Hyon Kim
  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 357-375;
  Abstract Most previous studies in psycholinguistics investigating whether bilinguallexical access is non-selective have employed experimental tasks which requirethe bilingual participant to explicitly activate their two languages or routinelyswitch between the two. The present study examines bilingual lexica... [Read more].
  Abstract Most previous studies in psycholinguistics investigating whether bilinguallexical access is non-selective have employed experimental tasks which requirethe bilingual participant to explicitly activate their two languages or routinelyswitch between the two. The present study examines bilingual lexical processingthrough a semantic association task which includes stimuli in only one languageand therefore avoids creating an artificial bilingual context. The bilingualparticipants were unconscious of a hidden character repetition when the Englishwords are translated into their native language, Korean. Results showedsignificant interference effects of the hidden character repetition in the behavioraldata reflected as both longer response times and higher error rates. These findingssupport and extend the findings of previous studies showing significant ERPmodulations due to implicit activation of the first language and suggest thatbilingual lexical processing is nonselective: bilingual speakers unconsciouslyand automatically activate their native language when reading words in theirsecond language.Keywords: bilingualism, non-selectivity, lexical access, Korean-Englishbilinguals, semantic association [Collapse]
• Effects of lexical accent type on rendaku in noun compounds: evidence from production experiments
  by Masaki Sone, Yuki Hirose
  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 377-400;
  Abstract This study investigates morpho-phonological processes involved in Noun-Noun compound production, focusing on the interaction between segmental levelprocessing and suprasegmental-level processing. Our production experimentsmanipulate lexical accent type in the first and second constituents of compoun... [Read more].
  Abstract This study investigates morpho-phonological processes involved in Noun-Noun compound production, focusing on the interaction between segmental levelprocessing and suprasegmental-level processing. Our production experimentsmanipulate lexical accent type in the first and second constituents of compoundsin Tokyo Japanese, which in turn controls the explicitness of the application of theCompound Accent Rule (CAR). This allows us to examine whether theexplicitness of compound processing at the suprasegmental-level influences theoccurrence of rendaku, which results from segmental planning in compoundproduction.The study finds that rendaku is more likely to occur when CAR application isobvious from the accent pattern of the second constituent. This result is consistentwith an interactive model in which compound construction at a suprasegmental-level facilitates rendaku application at the segmental level. On the other hand, noreliable effect of the accent type of the first constituent was observed. This studythus supports Kawahara and Sano’s (2012, 2014) claim that the original versionof Lyman’s law, but not the strong version, plays a role in the process ofproducing novel compounds.Keywords: rendaku, pitch accent, Japanese, Compound Accent Rule [Collapse]
• Oriental Painting and Cortical Motor Activation: An EEG Oscillation Study
  by Joung A Eom, Sung-Eun Lee
  J. CS. 2018, 19(3), 401-416;
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