The goal of this study is to reintegrate the theory of generative grammar into the cognitive
sciences. Generative grammar was right to focus on the child's acquisition of language as its …

Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

Although for many years a sharp distinction has been made in language research between
rules and words—with primary interest on rules—this distinction is now blurred in many …

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How does a listener understand a sarcastic'That was a wonderful speech'when the words
point to a positive review? Why do students of introductory logic interpret'Some cabs are …

On-line comprehension studies of flexible word-order languages find that noncanonical
('scrambled') structures induce more difficulty than canonical structures [eg, Hyönä & …

Abstract Language and communication are about the exchange of meaning. A key feature of
understanding and producing language is the construction of complex meaning from more …

Evidence from 3 experiments reveals interference effects from structural relationships that
are inconsistent with any grammatical parse of the perceived input. Processing disruption …

An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the
input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen …

In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of
compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts …