How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

Are literal and nonliteral utterances processed differently or do they follow the same
comprehension routes? Relying on intuition, we might expect them to differ. Recent findings …

In this study I lest the prevalent Claims among contemporary psycholinguists that
understanding metaphor does not involve a special process, and that it is essentially …

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 …

When people understand expressions that are intended nonliterally, two kinds of meaning
are simultaneously apprehended: the literal meanings of the words themselves and the …

This article discusses three claims of the Graded Salience Hypothesis presented in Rachel
Giora's book On our mind. It is argued that these claims may give second language …

This study provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that language comprehension
involves 2 separate mechanisms that run in parallel: a linguistic mechanism and a …

Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is
an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension …

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

What role does literal meaning play in language comprehension? This question has been
vigorously debated in research on figurative language understanding. The standard …