A hallmark of human cognition is the capacity to think about observable experience in ways
that are nonobvious—from scientific concepts (genes, molecules) to everyday …

Long before we learn to talk, our expectations concerning novel members of a category are
shaped by our experience with already-encountered members. We expect, for example, that …

Scientific communication poses a challenge: To clearly highlight key conclusions and
implications while fully acknowledging the limitations of the evidence. Although these goals …

American political parties continue to grow more polarized, but the extent of ideological
polarization among the public is much less than the extent of perceived polarization (what …

Generic language, that is, language that refers to a category as an abstract whole (eg,'Girls
like pink') rather than specific individuals (eg,'This girl likes pink'), is a common means by …

This article presents a model-based theory of what negation means, how it is mentally
represented, and how it is understood. The theory postulates that negation takes a single …

Generics are statements such as “tigers are striped”,“a duck lays eggs”,“the dodo is extinct”,
and “ticks carry Lyme disease”. Generics express generalizations, but unlike quantified …

Abstract Language provides simple ways of communicating generalizable knowledge to
each other (eg,“Birds fly,”“John hikes,” and “Fire makes smoke”). Though found in every …

The central objectives of the UK-CLA are to develop and promote the multi-disciplinary field
of Cognitive Linguistics within the UK, as well as contribute to the research-and event-based …

" Words (and meaningful silences) matter enormously in our lives. They enable us to
cooperate, collaborate, and ally with one another-as well as to exclude, exploit, and …