It is generally accepted that we store representations of individual words in our mental
lexicon. There is growing agreement that the lexicon also contains formulaic language (How …

If listening in adverse conditions is hard, then listening in a foreign language is doubly so:
non-native listeners have to cope with both imperfect signals and imperfect knowledge …

Intercultural PragmatIcs Page 1 2024 · Volume 21 · Issue 1 Intercultural PragmatIcs edItor-In-chIef
Professor Dr. Istvan Kecskes State University of New York at Albany reVIew edItor Dr. Jesus …

Eye-tracking is quickly becoming a valuable tool in applied linguistics research as it
provides a'real-time', direct measure of cognitive processing effort. This book provides a …

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from
psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated …

My first encounters with formulaic language date back to the mid 1990s during my time as a
teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) …

Using eye-tracking, we investigate on-line processing of idioms in a biasing story context by
native and non-native speakers of English. The stimuli are idioms used figuratively (at the …

Many vocabulary items that foreign language learners encounter involve figurative
extensions of meaning. To understand figurative speech, learners often need to employ …

Native American English and non-native (Dutch) listeners identified either the consonant or
the vowel in all possible American English CV and VC syllables. The syllables were …

Why do adult language learners typically fail to acquire second languages with native
proficiency? Does prior linguistic experience influence the size of the “units” adults attend to …