Processing of non-canonical word-order: A case-series on lesion-induced reorganized language and age-effects in typical development

Lidzba, Karen; Konietzko, Andreas; Schwilling, E.; Krägeloh-Mann, I.; Winkler, Susanne

doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2013.10.010

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“…Patients with interhemispheric language reorganization due to early lefthemispheric lesions consistently show subtle linguistic deficits, for example, when processing complex grammatical structures. 25,26 Thus, it seems that the hemispheres are not equally competent for language. This would support the notion that the left hemisphere has a predisposition to process language, which already earlier has been discussed on the basis of anatomical findings.…”

Section: Language System and Unilateral Lesionsmentioning

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Plasticity during Early Brain Development Is Determined by Ontogenetic Potential

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Two competing hypotheses address neuroplasticity during early brain development: the "Kennard principle" describes the compensatory capacities of the immature developing CNS as superior to those of the adult brain, whereas the "Hebb principle" argues that the young brain is especially sensitive to insults. We provide evidence that these principles are not mutually exclusive. Following early brain lesions that are unilateral, the brain can refer to homotopic areas of the healthy hemisphere. This potential for reorganization is unique to the young brain but available only when, during ontogenesis of brain development, these areas have been used for the functions addressed. With respect to motor function, ipsilateral motor tracts can be recruited, which are only available during early brain development. Language can be reorganized to the right after early left hemispheric lesions, as the representation of the language network is initially bilateral. However, even in these situations, compensatory capacities of the developing brain are found to have limitations, probably defined by early determinants. Thus, plasticity and adaptivity are seen only within ontogenetic potential; that is, axonal or cortical structures cannot be recruited beyond early developmental possibilities. The young brain is probably more sensitive and vulnerable to lesions when these are bilateral. This is shown here for bilateral periventricular white matter lesions that clearly have an impact on cortical architecture and function, thus probably interfering with early network building.

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“…It continues to dominate sentence interpretation at least until the age of 5;4 (Schaner-Wolles 1989), most likely even longer (for example, until the age of 6 or 7 in Cristante 2016, Dittmar et al 2008, Lindner 2003, Schipke et al 2012. Speakers of German appear to reach adult-like competence only after puberty (Lidzba et al 2013). Case marking cues seem only to be strengthened when additional cues are available.…”

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“…Another facilitating factor is the level of ambiguity of single case markers. Numerous studies carried out with German-speaking children show that OVS sentences starting with the unambiguous forms den and dem are more likely to be interpreted as non-canonical than those starting with the ambiguous markers das and die (e.g., Cristante 2016, Lidzba et al 2013, Schaner-Wolles 1989. In terms of a possible interaction between cue coalition and form ambiguity, Grünloh et al (2011: 415) show that prosodic cues seem to strengthen case marking cues in unambiguous conditions only.…”

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“…This predominantly applies to children. As shown by Lidzba et al (2013), only adolescents above the age of 14 are fully capable of interpreting non-canonical OVS sentences on the basis of morphological case cues. As children under the age of 14 are not fully target-like, the following study was carried out with mono-and bilingual German-speaking children under the age of 14.…”

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“…In German, the cue strength adjustment (McDonald 1987) from a syntactically-based (= N1-bias) to a morphologically-based (= case markers) interpretation strategy is initiated much later in development, namely between the age of five and seven (Schaner-Wolles 1989, Schipke et al 2012, Cristante 2016, Dittmar et al 2008. Adult-like competence is reached only after puberty (Lidzba et al 2013). Thus, although case marking cues are high in cue validity, cue strength is adjusted to case marking surprisingly late in L1 German.…”

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The role of case and animacy in bi-and monolingual children’s sentence interpretation in German: a developmental perspective

Gamper

2019

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German-speaking children appear to have a strong N1-bias when interpreting non-canonical OVSsentences. During sentence interpretation, especially unambiguous accusative and dative case markers (den ‘the-ACC’ and dem ‘the-DAT’) weaken the N1-bias and help building up sentence interpretation strategies on the basis of morphological cues. Still, the N1-bias prevails beyond the age of five (Brandt et al. 2016, Cristante 2016, Dittmar et al. 2008) and remains until puberty (Lidzba et al. 2013). This paper investigates whether prototypical case-animacy coalitions (denACC + NINANIMATE and demDAT + NANIMATE ) strengthen a morphologically based sentence interpretation strategy in German. The experiment discussed in this paper tests for effects of such case-animacy coalitions in mono- and bilingual primary school children. 20 German monolinguals, 12 Dutch-German and 17 Russian-German bilinguals with a mean age of 9;6 were tested in a forced-choice off-line experiment. Results indicate that case-animacy coalitions weaken the N1-bias in OVS-conditions in German monolinguals and Dutch-German bilinguals, while no effects were found for Russian-German bilinguals. Together with an analysis of individual differences, these group-specific effects are discussed in terms of a developmental approach that represents a gradual cue strength adjustment process in mono- and bilingual children.

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The neural and linguistic basis of language development

Lidzba

Winkler²,

Krägeloh-Mann³

2013

Brain and Language

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Processing of non-canonical word-order: A case-series on lesion-induced reorganized language and age-effects in typical development

Cited by 8 publications

References 47 publications

Plasticity during Early Brain Development Is Determined by Ontogenetic Potential

Plasticity during Early Brain Development Is Determined by Ontogenetic Potential

The role of case and animacy in bi-and monolingual children’s sentence interpretation in German: a developmental perspective

The neural and linguistic basis of language development

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