Ercenur Ünal
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View article: Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations
Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations Open
In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross‐linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind , followed by left and right . This order has been att…
View article: The language-cognition interface: evidence from the domain of evidentiality
The language-cognition interface: evidence from the domain of evidentiality Open
"Languages vary in the way they encode different aspects of the world. Could such cross-linguistic differences affect how the world is represented in the minds of the speakers of different languages? And how do linguistic and conceptual re…
View article: Multimodal encoding of motion events in speech, gesture and cognition
Multimodal encoding of motion events in speech, gesture and cognition Open
How people communicate about motion events and how this is shaped by language typology are mostly studied with a focus on linguistic encoding in speech. Yet, human communication typically involves an interactional exchange of multimodal si…
View article: Sign advantage: Both children and adults’ spatial expressions in sign are more informative than those in speech and gestures combined
Sign advantage: Both children and adults’ spatial expressions in sign are more informative than those in speech and gestures combined Open
Expressing Left-Right relations is challenging for speaking-children. Yet, this challenge was absent for signing-children, possibly due to iconicity in the visual-spatial modality of expression. We investigate whether there is also a modal…
View article: Speaking but not gesturing predicts event memory: a cross-linguistic comparison
Speaking but not gesturing predicts event memory: a cross-linguistic comparison Open
Every day people see, describe, and remember motion events. However, the relation between multimodal encoding of motion events in speech and gesture, and memory is not yet fully understood. Moreover, whether language typology modulates thi…
View article: Speaking and gesturing guide event perception during message conceptualization: Evidence from eye movements
Speaking and gesturing guide event perception during message conceptualization: Evidence from eye movements Open
Speakers' visual attention to events is guided by linguistic conceptualization of information in spoken language production and in language-specific ways. Does production of language-specific co-speech gestures further guide speakers' visu…
View article: Spatial language use predicts spatial memory of children: Evidence from sign, speech, and speech-plus-gesture
Spatial language use predicts spatial memory of children: Evidence from sign, speech, and speech-plus-gesture Open
There is a strong relation between children’s exposure to spatial terms and their later memory accuracy. In the current study, we tested whether the production of spatial terms by children themselves predicts memory accuracy and whether an…
View article: Representing Agents, Patients, Goals and Instruments in Causative Events
Representing Agents, Patients, Goals and Instruments in Causative Events Open
This project tests the connection between language and event perception cross-linguistically, focusing on the relative salience of causative event components in language and cognition in English and Turkish speaking children.
View article: Speaking but not gesturing predicts motion event memory within and across languages
Speaking but not gesturing predicts motion event memory within and across languages Open
In everyday life, people see, describe and remember motion events. We tested whether the type of motion event information (path or manner) encoded in speech and gesture predicts which information is remembered and if this varies across spe…
View article: How children identify events from visual experience
How children identify events from visual experience Open
This article is not published. Please cite the published version: Ünal, E., & Papafragou, A. (2018). How children identify events from visual experience. Language, Learning and Development. doi:10.1080/15475441.2018.1544075Three experi…
View article: Relations Between Language and Cognition: Evidentiality and Sources of Knowledge
Relations Between Language and Cognition: Evidentiality and Sources of Knowledge Open
Understanding and acquiring language involve mapping language onto conceptual representations. Nevertheless, several issues remain unresolved with respect to (a) how such mappings are performed, and (b) whether conceptual representations a…
View article: The relation between language and mental state reasoning
The relation between language and mental state reasoning Open
This chapter discusses how children’s conceptual representations of the mind make contact with language. It focuses on two domains: the understanding of the conditions that lead to knowledge, and the ability to attribute knowledge to onese…
View article: Monitoring Sources of Event Memories: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation
Monitoring Sources of Event Memories: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation Open
When monitoring the origins of their memories, people tend to mistakenly attribute memories generated from internal processes (e.g., imagination, visualization) to perception. Here, we ask whether speaking a language that obligatorily enco…
View article: Interactions Between Language and Mental Representations
Interactions Between Language and Mental Representations Open
It has long been recognized that language interacts with visual and spatial processes. However, the nature and extent of these interactions are widely debated. The goal of this article is to review empirical findings across several domains…