Morpheme Analysis Associated with German Noun Plural Endings among Second Language (L2) Learners Using Event-Related Potentials (ERPs)

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 10; no. 11; p. 866
• Main Author: Son, Guiyoung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 17.11.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Cognitive ability; EEG; electroencephalogram (EEG); Electroencephalography; Event-related potentials; event-related potentials (ERPs); Information processing; Language; Learning; left anterior negativity (LAN); Medical imaging; N400; P600; second language learning; Violations

This paper aims to examine the morpho-syntactic process of noun plural endings, “-n” and “-s”, in adult second language (L2) learners using event-related potentials (ERPs). German noun plural endings consist of many inflectional forms. They are one of the difficulties faced by German L2 learners. We...