Grounded cognition suggests that the processing of conceptual knowledge cued by
language relies on the sensory-motor regions. Does temporal language similarly engage …

Objectives Metaphorical expressions of persistent pain play an influential role in the
modulation of pain. This may be particularly distressing for those with physical disabilities …

Imagine you are a linguist looking for a job. You search the internet and come across one ad
posted by a private company in California that is 'seeking native linguists with strong …

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: We tested whether structural relativity (ie
the grammatical gender of words in Russian) or discourse relativity (eg the language …

This dissertation is a study of metaphor in usage: metaphor in language, metaphor in
gesture, and how they interact. Gesture provides a route to study both the cognition …

采用听觉刺激-口头问答任务考察汉语母语者对指示性时间句和顺序性时间句的加工.
结果表明:(1) 对指示性时间句, 被试的加工不受听觉刺激的呈现位置影响 …

A recent study reported an asymmetry between subjective estimates of future and past
distances with passive estimation and virtual movement. The temporal Doppler effect refers …

关于时空互动存在两种观点: 时空隐喻和认知时空. 时空隐喻说主张空间可知觉而时间则不可,
空间组构时间, 而认知时空说主张时间与空间均可知觉, 时间是空间的相关维度 …

This thesis studies fictive motion expressions in Modern Standard Chinese. A fictive motion
expression describes a static physical entity using dynamic linguistic forms. The fictive …

This chapter is concerned with visual processing in the context of figurative language.
Included is background on research that has used the visual world paradigm to study the …