Two sets of experiments examined people's embodied understanding of metaphorical
narratives. Participants heard one of two stories about a romantic relationship; either one …

Mathematics requires precise inferences about abstract objects inaccessible to perception.
How is this possible? One proposal is that mathematical reasoning, while concerned with …

We used Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to assess whether reading literal, non-
literal (ie, metaphorical, idiomatic) and fictive motion sentences modulates the activity of the …

Stylistics is the study of linguistic patterns in texts. Put simply, it is the exploration and
consideration of the relationship between linguistic choice and literary interpretation. With its …

Language is a marvelous tool for communication, but it is greatly overrated as a tool for
thought. This volume documents the many ways pictures, visual images, and spatial …

We tested an embodied account of language proposing that comprehenders create
perceptual simulations of the events they hear and read about. In Experiment 1, children …

This article discusses perspective and frame of reference in the metaphorical description of
mathematical concepts in terms of motions, gestures, and embodied actions. When a …

The aim of this article is to discuss three challenges to the so-called “strong” versions of
embodiment. The strong versions of embodied cognition (SVEC) have been successful in …

Why do people use spatial language to describe social relationships? In particular, to what
extent do they anchor their thoughts about friendship in terms of space? Three experiments …

Dieses Lehrbuch führt in Grundlagen und aktuelle Themen der gebrauchsbasierten
Kognitiven Linguistik ein. Behandelt werden sowohl Modelle, Konzepte und Theorien der …