There is considerable behavioral evidence that morphologically complex words such as 'tax-
able'and 'kiss-es' are processed and represented combinatorially. In other words, they are …

Language is our mind's most powerful generative system for the expression of meaning and
thought. What are the neural mechanisms of our ability to compose complex meanings from …

This chapter begins with a brief history of Word Grammar. It then discusses categories in a
network; the logic of inheritance; the architecture of language; words, features, and …

To study a core component of human intelligence—our ability to combine the meaning of
words—neuroscientists have looked to linguistics. However, linguistic theories are …

essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

There is a long-standing argument about whether words or character morphemes are the
functional units in reading Chinese. We propose a Character-Word Dual Function (CWDF) …

Semantic knowledge is supported by numerous brain regions, but the spatiotemporal
configuration of the network that links these areas remains an open question. The hub-and …

A central part of knowing a language is the ability to combine basic linguistic units to form
complex representations. While our neurobiological understanding of how words combine …

Word Grammar (WG) agrees with other theories in the family of cognitive linguistics that we
use the same mental apparatus for language as for other kinds of knowledge; but some of its …

Developmental dyslexia is characterized by impairments in reading fluency and spelling that
persist into adulthood. Here, we hypothesized that high-achieving adult dyslexics (ie …