Table 4.
Summary of ERP Findings.
| CONDITION | EXAMPLE | ERP-effects (time)→→→→→→→→→ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a ✓ …enlarges Lynn’s photos of … | |||||
| Conceptual semantics | 1b * …enlarges Lynn’s justice of… | N400 | (L)AN1 | P600 | |
| Phrase-structure/syntax | 1c *…enlarges Lynn’s of photos… | LTN | P600 | ||
| [+Licensor/+NPI] | 2a ✓ Derek doubts that Roger ever, … | ||||
| Logical semantics | [−Licensor/+NPI] | 2b * Derek thinks that Roger ever, … | (N400)2 | P600 | L-LAN |
| [+Licensor/−NPI] | 2c ✓ Derek doubts that Roger often, … | ||||
| [−Licensor/−NPI] | 2d ✓ Derek thinks that Roger often, … | P600 | |||
1
NOTES: This effect began as a broadly anterior effect, and subsequently became left lateralized as the late positivity emerged.
2
This N400 was only found for one of the three NPIs tested (see main text for discussion).