The aim of this commentary is to situate and comment on the four excellent articles in this
special issue within the arc of the last 50 years of experimental psycholinguistic research on …

This study is concerned with the integration of negation in relation to two models of the
processing of negation:(i) the two-step model (Lüdtke et al.,), according to which negation …

The present study investigated the relationship between satirical discourse processing and
a theoretical model of satire comprehension known as satirical uptake. Word reading times …

This chapter considers critical issues of experimental pragmatics through three main
themes:(a) conversational implicature,(b) utterance interpretation and mind-reading, and (c) …

Fischer holds that Waismann developed a distinctive metaphilosophy, which combines a
dialogical method of linguistic self-explication with appreciation of the philosophical …

An important strand of current experimental philosophy promotes a new kind of
methodological naturalism. This chapter argues that this new 'metaphilosophical …

The book Synergistic Application aims at investigating the synergistic application of
metaphorical and humorous elements in Polish and English multimodal press ads. The …

This chapter presents evidence demonstrating that novelty rather than nonliteralness
matters, whether in terms of cost or effects. With regard to costs, highly and optimally …

In two experiments this study tested the Graded Salience Hypothesis and the Defaultness
Hypothesis. It weighs the effects of linguistic versus pictorial contexts in terms of activation …

ABSTRACT A non-default interpretation is required whenever speakers creatively depart
from established norms and defaults. But effective speakers do not travel alone when they …