ABSTRACT M/EEG research using naturally spoken stories as stimuli has focused largely
on speech and not language processing. The temporal resolution of M/EEG is a two-edged …

While rhythmic expectancies are thought to be at the base of beat perception in music, the
extent to which stress patterns in speech are similarly represented and predicted during on …

The integration of word meaning into an unfolding utterance representation is a core
operation of incremental language comprehension. There is considerable debate, however …

Expectation-based theories of language comprehension, in particular Surprisal Theory, go a
long way in accounting for the behavioral correlates of word-by-word processing difficulty …

The ability to recognize speech acts (verbal actions) in conversation is critical for everyday
interaction. However, utterances are often underspecified for the speech act they perform …

Communication is facilitated when listeners allocate their attention to important information
(focus) in the message, a process called “information structure.” Linguistic cues like the …

Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) can reveal online processing differences between
native speakers and second language (L2) learners during language comprehension. Using …

Research into the electrophysiology of language comprehension has essentially been
“speakerless.” This has left three vital aspects of communication—it is social, pragmatic, and …

Pitch accent marks information structure in utterances in many languages but little is known
about the effects of accent on the perception of emotional word meaning. The present study …

We report a controlled study investigating the effect of visual information (ie, seeing the
speaker) on spoken language comprehension. We compare the ERP signature (N400) …