This paper offers a new perspective on inner speech based on the theoretical framework of
embodiment, focusing on the embodiment of structure rather than content. We argue that …

Crowdfunding has become a key approach in connecting people and equality distribution
mechanisms. Digitalization enables various crowdfunding platforms to be built online for …

Verbal irony is a figure of speech that communicates the opposite of what is said, while
sarcasm is a form of irony that is directed at a person, with the intent to criticise. The current …

The implicit prosody hypothesis (Fodor, 1998, 2002) proposes that silent reading coincides
with a default, implicit form of prosody to facilitate sentence processing. Recent research …

The present research explores how placing a brand name in the dialogue versus the
narration of a fictional text (ie placement modality) affects brand attitude and purchase …

Growing evidence shows that theta-band (4–7 Hz) activity in the auditory cortex phase-locks
to rhythms of overt speech. Does theta activity also encode the rhythmic dynamics of inner …

Abstract In The Performance of Reading, Peter Kivy introduces, on a purely
phenomenological basis, an interesting and potentially fruitful analogy between the …

Musical literacy allows one to “hear music from the page”. What can we say about this
internal music if we follow the reader's eyes? Do readers hear a given fragment while they …

Embodied theories propose that language is understood via mental simulations of sensory
states related to perception and action. Given that direct speech (eg, She says,“It'sa lovely …

In our chapter, we'll examine the impact that language has in schizophrenia. We claim that
this mental disorder is, in a strong sense, a linguistic experience. Language plays a crucial …