Reviews recent investigations of lexical and syntactic aspects of language comprehension
in aphasia. It is argued that these studies support theoretical assumptions concerning the …

This volume focuses on the interplay between grammatical and pragmatic factors in the
comprehension of lexically communicated meaning. It uses a case-study, modality, in order …

Polysemy is the type of lexical ambiguity where a word has multiple distinct but related
interpretations. In the past decade, it has been the subject of a great many studies across …

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

This is a provocative contribution to the current debate about the best delimitation of
semantics and pragmatics. Is' What is said'determined by linguistic conventions, or is it an …

This book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively.
Traditionally, figurative language such as metaphors and idioms has been considered …

Perspectives of the field of psycholinguistics and second language research are examined
to provide a broader understanding of language learning and language behavior …

There are words in the language we speak and concepts in our minds. For present
purposes, we can use a relatively common-sense, unsophisticated notion of a linguistic …

Words that have a number of related senses are polysemous. For example, paper refers to
both a substance and a publication printed on that substance. Five experiments investigated …

Изучение предложенных в пособии инвариантных языковых и когнитивных
структурных форм (концептуальный фокус, лексический эйдос, фокус языковой …