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Investigating semantics |
Compared to investigating syntax, the study of linguistic semantics is quite difficult. One of the main issues is the distinction between semantics as a linguists understands it – and the view of semantics as common knowledge. For example, the... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:06:00 |
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Language acquisition - why less is more |
According to Dr. Friederici, focusing on syntax and the grammatical rules of a language is more efficient than learning vocabulary. In this case, a simple set of a few nouns, verbs, and adjectives can help the learner to understand the syntactical... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:02:49 |
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Linguistics is more than grammar |
Dr. Friederici talks about the different components of linguistics – consisting not only of grammar or syntax, but also includes all other aspects of language. Semantics and the combinatorics of words in a sentence, phonology, and prosody all make... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:02:21 |
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Maturation of the linguistic brain |
Even though there are only few controlled studies of early infant’s brain function, the evidence seems to be conclusive that brain regions which are central for language processing in adults are also active in very young children. However, even in... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:05:43 |
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Personal background |
Having studied classical linguistics and psychology early in her career, Dr. Friederici then turned to the brain sciences and patient studies to pursue her interests in the neural processing of the brain. |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:04:04 |
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Processes involved in reading |
Reading obviously differs from spoken speech processing. The reader faces the additional requirement of a grapheme to phoneme conversion. This can be done by slowly spelling out what a word might be based on individual letters or by recognizing an... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:02:55 |
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Processing syntax and semantics in the left hemisphere |
The processing of language in the brain is quite complex. Most of the semantic and syntactic information is processed in the left hemisphere. Dr. Friederici addresses the straightforward question which brain areas are involved in this processing,... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:08:30 |
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Research questions |
Dr. Friederici describes the research questions she is interested in. The neural processing of language is central to her research, and modern technologies have opened the door to answering age-old questions that have been out of reach to earlier... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:02:47 |
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Studying bilingualism |
If a person speaks more than one language he or she is considered bilingual. The obvious question often asked is whether the brain areas involved in one language are identical to the brain areas involved in the other language. In general, fluent... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:05:12 |
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The evolution of language |
The question about the evolutionary origins and precursors to modern human language is a very difficult one. One camp traces language to gestures and motor behavior (see for example Rizzolatti in his interview with goCognitive). The other camp... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:05:09 |
