How the language processor uses linguistic information to interpret words in a sentence is not fully understood (Federmeier, 2007). This self-paced reading experiment investigated whether the language processor uses contextual information at the point of lexical access to immediately commit to one sense of a polyseme, or whether context is used later in disambiguation. Participants read context-setting sentences which either biased for the figurative sense interpretation of a polyseme or did not bias towards any specific sense interpretation, followed by sentences containing the polyseme which required the language processor to select the polyseme’s figurative or literal sense. While a facilitatory effect of context was observed, participan...
In general, studies on the effects of a sentence context on word identification have focused on how ...
The purpose of this chapter is to consolidate existing literature and intro-duce new evidence from b...
This study explores how contextual information interacts in discourse representation when a biased a...
When people encounter polysemous words (i.e., words with two or more relatively common meanings), ho...
Spoken language comprehension requires rapid integration of information from multiple linguistic sou...
Verb bias facilitates parsing of temporarily ambiguous sentences, but it is unclear when and how com...
In this study we examine the interactions between lexical and semantic variables during lexical deci...
The processes by which spoken language is comprehended are extremely complex, and the development of...
The current study set out to explore the nature of online lexical access to polysemes and homonyms w...
Difficulties in saying the right word at the right time arise at least partly because multiple words...
Psycholinguistic research on semantic processing commonly distinguishes bottom-up lexical processes ...
Two experiments investigated the effect of a congruent sentence context on processing time for a tar...
The current study investigated the influence of linguistic context on word recognition and sentence ...
Previous research examining the processing of polysemous words presented in neutral sentence context...
According to embodied theories of language (ETLs), word meaning relies on sensorimotor brain areas, ...
In general, studies on the effects of a sentence context on word identification have focused on how ...
The purpose of this chapter is to consolidate existing literature and intro-duce new evidence from b...
This study explores how contextual information interacts in discourse representation when a biased a...
When people encounter polysemous words (i.e., words with two or more relatively common meanings), ho...
Spoken language comprehension requires rapid integration of information from multiple linguistic sou...
Verb bias facilitates parsing of temporarily ambiguous sentences, but it is unclear when and how com...
In this study we examine the interactions between lexical and semantic variables during lexical deci...
The processes by which spoken language is comprehended are extremely complex, and the development of...
The current study set out to explore the nature of online lexical access to polysemes and homonyms w...
Difficulties in saying the right word at the right time arise at least partly because multiple words...
Psycholinguistic research on semantic processing commonly distinguishes bottom-up lexical processes ...
Two experiments investigated the effect of a congruent sentence context on processing time for a tar...
The current study investigated the influence of linguistic context on word recognition and sentence ...
Previous research examining the processing of polysemous words presented in neutral sentence context...
According to embodied theories of language (ETLs), word meaning relies on sensorimotor brain areas, ...
In general, studies on the effects of a sentence context on word identification have focused on how ...
The purpose of this chapter is to consolidate existing literature and intro-duce new evidence from b...
This study explores how contextual information interacts in discourse representation when a biased a...