This paper introduces virtual reality as an experimental method for the language sciences
and provides a review of recent studies using the method to answer fundamental …

When we comprehend language, we often do this in rich settings where we can use many
cues to understand what someone is saying. However, it has traditionally been difficult to …

Bilinguals often switch languages as a function of the language background of their
addressee. The control mechanisms supporting bilinguals' ability to select the contextually …

The growing interest in the interfaces of prosody with other areas, notably pragmatics, has
led to an interesting cross-fertilization of methods such as the Discourse Completion Task …

Purpose Acquired communication disorders can result in significant barriers to everyday life
activities, and commonly require long-term rehabilitation. This research aimed to investigate …

This article focuses on the question of the function of imitation and whether current accounts
of imitative function are consistent with our knowledge about imitation's origins. We first …

Abstract Effects of vocal accommodation have been reported in a wide range of contexts, but
they have typically been small. The absence of effects in some cases has proven perplexing …

Linguistic convergence is the phenomenon in which interlocutors' speech characteristics
become more similar to each other's. One of the methods frequently used to measure …

Bilinguals possess the ability of expressing themselves in more than one language, and
typically do so in contextually rich and dynamic settings. Theories and models have indeed …

Despite recent developments in integrating autonomous and human-like robots into many
aspects of everyday life, social interactions with robots are still a challenge. Here, we focus …