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Abstract:
We examined the multilingual compre-
hension and learning of cross-serial and
embedded
constructions
in
German-
speaking learners of Dutch using mag-
netoencephalography (MEG). In several
experimental sessions, learners performed
a sentence-scene matching task with
Dutch sentences including two different
verb orders (Dutch or German verb order).
The results indicated a larger evoked
response for the German order relative
to the Dutch order over frontal sensors
after three months, but not initially. The
response implies that sensitivity to vio-
lations of verb order remains plastic into
adulthood.
