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Monitoring in Language Perception
Author(s) -
Van De Meerendonk Nan,
Kolk Herman H.J.,
Chwilla Dorothee J.,
Vissers Constance Th.W.M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2009.00163.x
Subject(s) - p600 , active listening , perception , computer science , cognitive psychology , reading (process) , contrast (vision) , component (thermodynamics) , control (management) , linguistics , corrective feedback , domain (mathematical analysis) , psychology , psycholinguistics , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , cognition , communication , event related potential , philosophy , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics education , neuroscience , n400 , thermodynamics
Monitoring is an aspect of executive control that entails the detection of errors and the triggering of corrective actions when there is a mismatch between competing responses or representations. In the language domain, research of monitoring has mainly focused on errors made during language production. However, in language perception, for example while reading or listening, errors occur as well and people are able to detect them. A hypothesis that was developed to account for these errors is the monitoring hypothesis for language perception. According to this account, when a strong expectation conflicts with what is actually observed, a reanalysis is triggered to check the input for processing errors reflected by the P600 component. In contrast to what has been commonly assumed, the P600 is thought to reflect a general reanalysis and not a syntactic reanalysis. In this review, we will describe the different studies that led to this hypothesis and try to extend it beyond the language domain.