Abstract
This study examines and compares the effect of marked sentence structure on cognition and memory in English and Hebrew. It has been shown elsewhere that marked topic constructions in English have a significant effect on memory. Now, since Hebrew, like English, is an SV(O) (Subject-Verb-Object) language, the cognitive effect of marking the topic in Hebrew could be expected to be similar to the effect witnessed in English. However, the study presents data which attest unequivocally to the prevalence of marked topic constructions in Hebrew in comparison to English. In addition, through psycholinguistic experimentation, it is shown that in Hebrew deviations from the SV(O) structure are not as prominently marked as they are in English.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 267-283 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Languages in Contrast |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors humbly thank NDDB management and Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, GoI, for funding and supporting liberally for this project. The efforts and cooperation extended by the Field staff and officials of Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala, Gir PT project for collection of accurate phenotype data and samples for the present study is highly appreciable. The authors also acknowledge the services extended by the staff of Genomics lab, NDDB for accurate genotyping of the samples.
Keywords
- English/hebrew
- Marked topic
- Memory
- Topicalization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Linguistics and Language