The purpose of this paper is to extend the linguistic relativity hypothesis (ie, the language we
speak affects the way we think) to a script relativity hypothesis (ie, the script in which we read …

Event segmentation tests have shown substantial overlaps in how adults recognize starts
and endpoints as events unfold. However, far less is known about what role different …

Introduction This study examines how negation is processed in a nonverbal context (eg,
when assessing▲≠▲) by speakers of a truth-based system like Mandarin and a polarity …

In response to negative yes–no questions (eg, Doesn't she like cats?), typical English
answers (Yes, she does/No, she doesn't) peculiarly vary from those in Mandarin (No, she …

Does the language we speak affect the way we think? This Element provides a synthesis of
contemporary research on the interplay between language and cognition in speakers of two …

This study examined the impact of a second language (L2) on how event phases are
categorized. The aim was to test how strong a boost the L2 system provides when learners …

Calendar calculations, the process of computing the target day or month, exhibit peculiar
differences across languages. In systems like English, calendar labels are largely opaque …

Previous experimental work shows that negation processing can be direct in bipolar
contexts where positive/negative states of affairs can be expressed by available lexical …

The purpose of this study is to find out how English educators in Indonesia feel about
preparing higher-quality English teaching by performing an interlanguage analysis based …

This article shows how cognitive grammar and cognitive linguistics theory offer a fruitful
paradigm within which the process of second language acquisition can be examined. The …