Abstract English is the dominant language in the study of human cognition and behavior: the
individuals studied by cognitive scientists, as well as most of the scientists themselves, are …

How does social cognition help us communicate through language? At what levels does this
interaction occur? In classical views, social cognition is independent of language, and …

This paper draws on data from a quantitative study of upper secondary students' general
mathematical self‐efficacy, anxiety towards mathematics, and their relationship to …

Linguistic communication is an intrinsically social activity that enables us to share thoughts
across minds. Many complex social uses of language can be captured by domain-general …

This book explores a domain of discourse processing referred to as' interactive grammar',
based on an analysis of grammatical descriptions of over 100 languages spoken across the …

The extent to which languages share properties reflecting the non-linguistic constraints of
the speakers who speak them is key to the debate regarding the relationship between …

This discussion note reviews responses of the linguistics profession to the grave issues of
language endangerment identified a quarter of a century ago in the journal Language by …

Abstract Language allows us to efficiently communicate about the things in the world around
us. Seemingly simple words like this and that are a cornerstone of our capability to refer, as …

This study explores the connection between language and social cognition by empirically
testing different typological analyses of various demonstrative systems. Linguistic typology …

Spatial cognition is fundamental to our species. One might therefore expect that spatial
communication systems would have evolved to make common distinctions. However, many …