In describing motion events verbs of manner provide information about the speed of agents
or objects in those events. We used eye tracking to investigate how inferences about this …

Grammatical aspect is known to shape event understanding. However, little is known about
how it interacts with other important temporal information, such as recent and distant past …

Language is more than a source of information for accessing higher-order conceptual
knowledge. Indeed, language may determine how people perceive and interpret visual …

Despite the impressive amount of evidence showing involvement of the sensorimotor
systems in language processing, important questions remain unsolved among which the …

Metaphor plays a unique role in cognitive development by structuring abstract concepts and
leading to conceptual change. Existing work suggests early emergence of metaphorical …

Fictive motion is a phenomenon whereby linguistic elements describing motion are used to
depict static situations. As a result, static and dynamic situations may be expressed alike …

Spatial navigation from memory can rely on two different strategies: a mental simulation of a
kinesthetic spatial navigation (egocentric route strategy) or visual-spatial memory using a …

This paper explores the relationship between people's mental imagery for their experiences
of paths and roads and the metaphorical use of path and road in discourse. We report the …

This chapter examines empirical studies and theory related to the hypothesis that embodied
simulations of sensorimotor imagery play a crucial role in the construction of meaning during …

abstract Language is more than a source of information for accessing higher-order
conceptual knowledge. Indeed, language may determine how people perceive and inter …