A complete neurolinguistic model of language comprehension must include the
representational and processing components housed in both the left and right cerebral …

Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to several
important issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought …

In this paper I review some of the theoretical issues surrounding metaphor, and trace them
through the context of the cognitive neuroscience debate. Metaphor, like all figurative …

In this study, we investigated the neural substrate involved in the comprehension of novel
metaphoric sentences by comparing the findings to those obtained with literal and …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a new look at the continuing debates in
psycholinguistics over what is special about figurative language use. Figurative language …

There is currently much interest in investigating the neural substrates of metaphor
processing. In particular, it has been suggested that the right hemisphere plays a special …

We critically address current theories of figurative language, focusing on the role of literal or
compositional meaning in the interpretation of non-literal expressions, including idioms and …

Although the left hemisphere is critical for language, clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging
research suggest that the right hemisphere also contributes to language comprehension. In …

Metaphoric language is used to express meaning that is otherwise difficult to conceptualize
elegantly. Beyond semantic analysis, understanding the figurative meaning of a metaphor …

The 7 articles in this collection describe new views of figurative language understanding.
These articles differ in the types of figurative language they examine and address different …