题目：  Mental representations in language processing

主讲人： 蔡振光

时间： 2013年4月12日（星期五）下午3:00-5:00

地点： 虹口校区图书馆606室

主办方： 语言研究院

Mental representations in language processing

内容摘要：In this talk, I will discuss mental representations of syntax that underlie our comprehension and production of sentences. I will then give an overview of structural priming, a paradigm that has been extensively employed to explore lexical and syntactic representations over the past three decades. On the basis of this, I will talk about studies that I have done on the mental representation of verb-phrase ellipsis and missing arguments in Chinese, and also on bilingual lexico-syntactic organizations. Finally, I will talk about semantic representation, an area that remains to be explored, and discuss how Chinese can be used to contribute to the study of language processing.

主讲人简介：Zhenguang Cai is currently a research fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Plymouth. He obtained his PhD at the Department of Psychology, the University of Edinburgh in 2010, and did his postdoc at the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester in 2011-2012. His primary research interests are language processing and time perception. In language processing, he works on the mental representations and processes underlying language processing in both monolinguals and bilinguals, focusing on syntax and semantics. In time perception, he is interested in the perception of temporal duration. He has published papers in international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Memory and Language, Brain and Cognition, and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.