The majority of words in the English language do not correspond to a single meaning, but
rather correspond to two or more unrelated meanings (ie, are homonyms) or multiple related …

Many cities in the develo** world have implemented the driving restriction policy to
address transport-related problems (eg, traffic congestion and air pollution). However, the …

Introduction Homonyms are words with multiple, unrelated meanings that share a single
form and pronunciation. These words provide valuable insights into how semantic …

This study presents semantic ambiguity norms for 530 Spanish words. Two subjective
measures of semantic ambiguity and two subjective measures of relatedness of ambiguous …

It is not clear whether multiple unrelated meanings inhibit or facilitate word recognition.
Some studies have found a disadvantage for words having multiple meanings with respect …

Lexical databases are essential tools for studies on language processing and acquisition.
Most previous Chinese lexical databases have focused on materials for adults, yet little is …

Logographic Chinese orthography partially represents both phonology and semantics. By
capturing the online processing of a large pool of Chinese characters, we were able to …

It is a robust finding that ambiguous words are recognized faster than unambiguous words.
More recent studies (eg, Rodd et al. in J Mem Lang 46: 245–266, 2002) now indicate that …

In the current study, we used eye tracking to investigate whether senses of polysemous
words and meanings of homonymous words are represented and processed similarly or …

This chapter introduces research on metaphors in Chinese, encompassing both theoretical
and applied studies of metaphor, with a particular focus on metaphor research in the fields of …