Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

Publisher Summary The two most robust findings in studies of eye movements and reading
are that (1) fixation time on a word is shorter if the reader has a valid preview of the word …

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from
psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated …

How does a listener understand a sarcastic'That was a wonderful speech'when the words
point to a positive review? Why do students of introductory logic interpret'Some cabs are …

Abstract Language and communication are about the exchange of meaning. A key feature of
understanding and producing language is the construction of complex meaning from more …

Reading is a rather complex process in which comprehension at a number of levels is
essential. In this chapter, we will provide an overview of how different kinds of variable …

This thesis addresses the lexical and psycholinguistic properties of copredication. In
particular, it explores its acceptability, frequency, crosslinguistic and electrophysiological …

It is commonly assumed that when we encounter a word in a text, we automatically and
immediately activate specific, detailed semantic information associated with that word and …

We examined the neural correlates of semantic ambiguity by measuring changes in MEG
recordings during a visual lexical decision task in which the properties of ambiguous words …

An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the
input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen …