Currently, production and comprehension are regarded as quite distinct in accounts of
language processing. In rejecting this dichotomy, we instead assert that producing and …

Aims: The aim of this article is to identify which existing instrument of functional
communication from the aphasia literature best fits with a theoretically founded definition of …

Both knowledge and discourse are fundamental notions in the humanities and social
sciences. It is therefore surprising that so little detailed research has been done on the …

The Psychology of Language is a thorough revision and update of the popular second
edition. It contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language …

We describe a “centipede's dilemma” that faces the sciences of human interaction. Research
on human interaction has been involved in extensive theoretical debate, although the vast …

Throughout the 20s century, structuralist and generative linguists have argued that the study
of the language system (langue, competence) must be separated from the study of language …

There is strong evidence that when two people talk to each other, they tend to converge, or
align, on common ways of speaking (eg, Pickering and Garrod, 2004). In this paper, we …

Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of
figurative language that addresses the question," Why don't people just say what they …

Despite the existence of speech errors, verbal communication is successful because
speakers can detect (and correct) their errors. The standard theory of speech-error detection …

Two story-telling experiments examine the process of choosing between pronouns and
proper names in speaking. Such choices are traditionally attributed to speakers striving to …