Abstract
This paper investigated the neural processes of sentence comprehension, focusing on a particular syntactic operation of syntactic movement and utilizing a functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI). English constructions (i.e., wh-questions known to undergo syntactic movement) were presented to English native speakers in a visual comprehension task and compared with carefully matched control sentences. We found that wh-questions as compared to yes/no questions induced activation in the left inferior frontal gyrus(or Broca’s area), precentral gyrus, and posterior superior temporal cortex, consistent with a previous study utilizing a Hebrew auditory comprehension task. This finding suggests that the processing of syntactic movement includes a consistent set of brain regions, irrespective of task or language.
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