本論文探討英文能力中級生與進階生大腦對於主詞與受詞省略限定關係歧義句的延遲處理現象與認知歷程的差異性，採用句法分析策略論，使用非侵入性腦磁圖儀（Magnetoencephalography, MEG）來了解歧義現象所產生的認知歷程。操弄主詞與受詞省略限定關係結構句最後一個動詞出現的時間，研究歧義句所產生的誤導效應。使用訊號源分析軟體的Dipole Modelling來研究三個時區（300-500毫秒、500-700毫秒、700-900毫秒）的偶極密度時，發現左右大腦顳葉都有認知反應。當兩組受試者閱讀第一部分主詞省略的關係句時，T值檢定發現右顳葉在潛時300-500毫秒處理歧義句有顯著（p=0.0246）。由配對T值檢定也發現進階生在於時區700-900毫秒左右顳葉處理歧義句也有顯著差（p=0.026）。兩組受試者閱讀第二部分受詞省略的關係歧義句時，發現在左顳葉700-900毫秒的T值檢定有顯著性（p=0.0189）。進階生在閱讀第一與第二部分關係歧義句發現T值檢定於時區300-500毫秒時，右顳葉有顯著差異（p=0.008），顯示受詞省略的關係歧義句比主詞省略的關係歧義句難解。另外使用Sigma Plot分析軟體來解析兩組受試者於時區150- 300毫秒的振幅平均值，以期瞭解反應的差異性。配對T值檢定發現中級生在閱讀第一部分主詞省略關係結構句時，其右顳葉於潛時區間150-300毫秒偵測歧義與非歧義句的差異有顯著性（p<0.05）。第二部分的實驗結果也發現進階生閱讀受詞省略的關係歧義句時有顯著的M300成分，顯示出句法結構的再分析技巧，這證明了延遲現象。由振幅平均值發現進階生對於非歧義句的瞭解大於中級生，而且兩組受試者的右顳葉於時區150-300毫秒與300-500毫秒發現差異有顯著性（p<0.05）。結果證明了進階生閱讀關係歧義句的誤導效應與句法結構的再分析歷程。綜合第一部分與第二部分實驗的結果，左右顳葉對於複雜的關係子句處理都有認知反應，但是對於歧義句的偵測則是在右顳葉。結果顯示，相較於中級生，進階生較持續性地運用句法分析策略來分析句子，閱讀歧義句時的容忍度較強，閱讀非歧義句的理解肯定度也較高。

This thesis on the cognitive effect of garden-path (GP) sentences investigates the Principle-based Approach used by intermediate and advanced EFL learners reading sentences embedded with subject-reduced and object-reduced relative constructions. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) was used to examine the delayed sentence comprehension processing caused by garden-path attachment ambiguity. In both types of relative constructions, each final critical word was presented on the screen at the same time to subjects. Based on dipole density analysis, both the left and the right temporal areas were involved in the responses to the experimental sentences. For the purposes of analysis, the dipole numbers in the latency shift from 300 to 900 ms were divided into three time windows. For the experiment of Session I, the t-test revealed a significant difference (p= 0.0246) between the responses of the two proficiency groups to garden-path sentences at 300-500 ms in the right hemisphere. However, a paired t-test revealed a significant difference (p=0.026) in the activation of the left and the right temporal areas in the advanced group at 700-900 ms. For the experiment of Session II, the t-test showed a significant difference (p=0.0189) at 700-900 ms in the left temporal area between the two groups’ responses to the GP experimental sentences. Finally, in comparing the results of Session I and Session II, the t-test showed that there was a significant difference (p=0.008) at 300-500 ms in the right temporal area in the advanced group’s responses to the two different types of GP sentences in the sessions. This indicates that the degree of difficulty of GP sentences in Session II was greater than that of Session I. Sigma Plot analysis was used to investigate the mean amplitudes in the time window from 150 to 300 ms. In the detection of the differences between GP and Non-GP sentences, two significant differences were found in the two sessions. The paired t-test results of Session I demonstrated that there was a significant difference (p< 0.05) in the intermediate group’s responses to GP and to Non-GP sentences in the time window from 150 to 300 ms. As for the inter-group variability, it was found that in Session II there was a significant difference (p< 0.05) in the right temporal area in both time windows between the two groups’ responses to sentences with the GP effect. A significant difference in the M300 component was found in the responses of different EFL proficiency groups towards GP sentences. The MEG results prove that the ambiguity in GP sentences causes a reanalysis over time. In the results of these two sessions, it was seen that, although both the left and right temporal areas were activated to different degrees in response to restrictive relative constructions, the subjects’ detection of the difference between GP and Non-GP sentences was mainly in the right temporal area. It is thus concluded that higher proficiency indicates a higher degree of consistency in using a serial parsing strategy, greater tolerance to work with problems like the GP effect, and a greater degree of certainty as shown by the mean amplitudes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements……………………………………………………i
Chinese Abstract…………………………………………………iii
English Abstract…………………………………………………iv
Table of Contents…………………………………………………vi
List of Figures and Tables……………………………………ix	
Chapter 1  Introduction…………………………………………… 1
1.1  Motivation and Background……………………………………1
1.2  The Statement of the Problem……………………………… 4
1.3  The Purpose of the Study…………………………………… 7
1.4  Research Questions…………………………………………… 8
1.5  Significance of the Study…………………………………  9
1.6  Definitions of Terms…………………………………………11
1.7  Organization of the Dissertation…………………………14
Chapter 2  Review of the Literature……………………………16
2.1  Processing Sentences in Reading Comprehension.………16
2.1.1  The Eye and the Brain…………………………………… 19
2.1.2  Maturational Constraints…………………………………22
2.2  Language and the Brain……………………………………  25
2.3  Linear Learners and Global Learners………………… …27
2.4  Five Types of Ambiguity in Sentences…………………  28
2.5  Three Approaches to Parsing GP Sentences………………35
2.5.1 The Principle-Based Approach and the Serial
       Parser…………………………………………………………36 
2.5.2 The Constraint-Based Approach and the Parallel
       Parser………………………………………………………  39
2.5.3 The Referential Approach and the Discourse-
      Based Parser………………………………………………… 41
2.6  Studies on ERP Language Experiments…………………… 43
2.7  Studies on fMRI Language Experiments ………………… 54
2.8  Studies on MEG Language Experiments …………………  58
2.9  Summary of Chapter Two……………………………………  62
Chapter 3  Methodology………………………………………… …65
3.1  Subjects.…………………………………………………… …65
3.2  Instrument…………………….……………………………… 67
3.3  Materials……………………………………………………… 68
3.4  Procedures of MEG Recording……………………………… 73
      3.4.1 The Pilot Study……………………………………… 76
      3.4.2 The Formal Study………………………………… …77
3.5  Analysis….…………………………………………………… 79
3.6  Summary of Chapter Three…………………………………  80
Chapter 4  Results and Discussion…..…………………………81
4.1  Session I: Sentences with the Subject-Reduced 
     Relative Construction……………………………………   81
4.1.1  Dipole Density Data of Session I………………………82
4.1.2  Results of the T-Test on Peak Amplitudes for 
       Both Groups………………………………………………… 85
4.2  Session II: Sentences with the Object-Reduced 
     Relative Construction………………………………………89
4.2.1  Dipole Density Data of Session II……………………89
4.2.2  Results of the T-Test on Peak Amplitudes for 
       Both Groups………………………………………………  91
4.3  Discussion…………….…..………………………………  95
4.3.1  Hemispheric Differences between Proficiency 
       Group Responses………………………………………… 101
4.3.2  A Comparison of Tien’s ERP Results and the 
       MEG Results……………………………………………   107
4.3.3  Syntactic Responses in the P200m Phase……………109
4.4  Results of the Sentence Comprehension Test …… …112
4.4.1 Linking the Error Analysis with the Branching 
           Direction Parameter ………………………………114 
4.4.2 Linking the Error Analysis with the Metacognitive 
      Knowledge Factor………………………………………… 115  
4.4.3 Linking the Error Analysis with the Cultural 
      Context Factor…………………………………………… 116
4.5  Summary of Chapter Four………………………………… 117
Chapter 5  Conclusion..…………………………………………119
5.1  Contribution to Brain-Based Foreign Language 
     Studies……………………………………………………… 119
5.2  The Importance of MEG Applications to 
     Neurocognitive EFL Research…………………………… 122
5.3  Pedagogical Implications: Rethinking Grammar 
     Teaching from Scientific Evidence…………………… 123
5.4  Limitations of the Study and Suggestions 
     for Future Research……………………………………… 127
Chinese References……………………………………………… 129
English References…………………………………………… …129
Appendices……………………………………………………… …141
   A. Consent Form   ……………………………………………141
   B. A Questionnaire of Being Right-Handed or Left-
      Handed…………………………………………………… …142
   C. Subjects’ Background Questionnaire…………………143
   D. Language Proficiency Levels of Subjects……………144
   E.Target and Filler Sentences for Session I……… …145
   F. Target and Filler Sentences for Session II…… …149
   G. Sentence Comprehension Test: Session I…………… 153
   H. Sentence Comprehension Test: Session II…………  166
   I. Percentage of Correctness in Comprehension Test:
      Session I ………………………………………………… 178
   J. Percentage of Correctness in Comprehension Test:
       Session II…………………………………………… … 182
List of Figures and Tables 
Figure 1.1 The Tree Structure of Sentence (1)………………2
Figure 2.1 Two Sources of Information in Reading…………20
Figure 2.2 The Bottleneck in Reading…………………………20
Figure 2.3 Localizations of Broca’s and Wernicke’s 
           Areas in the Human Brain………………………… 27
Figure 2.4 A Tree Structure for Sentence (19)…………… 32
Figure 2.5 Another Tree Structure for Sentence (19)…… 32
Figure 2.6 Grand Average ERPs at the Three Midline
           Electrode Sites……………………………………  48
Figure 2.7 Grand Average ERPs of the Final Words in
           Sentence Conditions…………………………………51
Figure 2.8 Phases of Language Processing…………………  56
Figure 2.9 Grand-Average AMSs of Nine Participants 
           in 10 Brain Areas……………………………………61
Figure 3.1 MEG Laboratory……………………………………… 67
Figure 3.2 The D-Structure for Sentence (47)………………71
Figure 3.3 The S-Structure for Sentence (47)………………72
Figure 3.4 Digitalization Spots ……………………………. 74
Figure 3.5 The Presentation Mode of Experimental   
           Sentences………………………………………………78
Figure 4.1 Topographical Distribution of One 
           Advanced-Level Subject’s Cortical
           Responses to Final Critical Words in 
           Non-GP Sentences (Session I) ……………………82
Figure 4.2 Session I: Mean Dipole Density in 
           Each Temporal Area of Intermediate and 
           Advanced Groups………………………………………83
Figure 4.3 Session I: Topographical Overlay of 
           Grand Average of the Intermediate 
           Group …………………………………………………86
Figure 4.4 Session I: Mean Amplitudes of Non-GP 
           and GP Sentence Types for Both Groups 
           in the P200m Phase…………………………………87
Figure 4.5 Session I: Topographical Overlay of 
           Grand Average of Both Groups in the Left 
           and Right Temporal Areas…………………………88
Figure 4.6 Session II: Mean Dipole Density in Each 
           Temporal Area of Intermediate and Advanced
           Groups…………………………………………………89
Figure 4.7 Session II: Topographical Overlay of 
           Grand Average of the Advanced Group………… 91
Figure 4.8 Session II: Mean Amplitudes of Non-GP 
           and GP Sentences for Both Groups in the
           P200m Phase……………………………………… …92
Figure 4.9 Session II: Topographical Overlay of 
           Grand-Average Responses by Both Groups 
           to Non-GP and GP Sentences………………………93
Figure 4.10 Session II: Topographical Overlay of 
            Grand-Average Responses by Both Groups 
            to GP Sentences……………………………………94
Figure 4.11 A Schematic Summary of the Cognitive-
            Psychophysiological and 	Biological 
            Models of ERPs……………………………………104
Table 4.1	 Results of Correctness: Intermediate 
          Group Comprehension Test….112
Table 4.2	 Results of Correctness: Advanced Group
          Comprehension Test…………………………………113

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