TY  - INPR
A1  - Martin, Alexander
A1  - Adger, David
A1  - Abels, Klaus
A1  - Kanampiu, Patrick
A1  - Culbertson, Jennifer
N2  - There is a longstanding debate in cognitive science surrounding the source of commonalities among languages of the world. Indeed, there are many potential explanations for such commonalities?accidents of history, common processes of language change, memory limitations, constraints on linguistic representations, etc. Recent research has used psycholinguistic experiments to provide empirical evidence linking common linguistic patterns to specific features of human cognition, but these experiments tend to use English speakers, who in many cases have direct experience with precisely the common patterns of interest. Here, we highlight the importance of testing populations whose languages go against cross-linguistic trends. We investigate whether monolingual speakers of Kооtharaka, which has an unusual way of ordering words, mirror those of English speakers. We find that they do, supporting the hypothesis that universal cognitive representations play a role in shaping word order.
AV  - public
ID  - discovery10186612
UR  - https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/psychological-science/journal201962
Y1  - 2024/07//
TI  - A Universal Cognitive Bias in Word Order: Evidence From Speakers Whose Language Goes Against It
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
JF  - Psychological Science
PB  - SAGE Publications
ER  -