Figurative language (FL) seems ubiquitous in all social media discussion forums and chats,
posing extra challenges to sentiment analysis endeavors. Identification of FL schemas in …

The extent to which action and perception systems of the brain are involved in semantic
comprehension remains controversial. Whether figurative language, such as metaphors and …

The present study aims to investigate the neural correlates of processing conventional
figurative language in non-native speakers in a comparison with native speakers. Italian …

Idioms, conceived as fixed multi-word expressions that conceptually encode non-
compositional meaning, are linguistic units that raise a number of questions relevant in the …

Introduction Idioms differ from other forms of figurative language because of their semantic
dimensions of familiarity (frequency of encounter), ambiguity (possibility to have a literal …

In this review, we focus on the ability of people with schizophrenia to correctly perceive the
meaning of idioms; figurative language expressions in which intended meaning is not …

In order to complement current debates and open questions in the field of figurative
language comprehension, the current paper investigated how metaphors from different …

Grounded cognition explanations of metaphor comprehension predict activation of
sensorimotor cortices relevant to the metaphor's source domain. We tested this prediction for …

Some more recent lines of research converge on claiming that human cognitive behavior in
general and linguistic discourse in particular cannot reasonably be reduced to one …

Although the left hemisphere is believed to handle major language functions, the role of the
right hemisphere in language comprehension remains controversial. Recently researchers …