Abstract:Language comprehension is a complex process that requires rapid integration of information at multiple levels (Carreiras and Clifton, 2004; Jelaska, 2021). The automatic, unconscious aspect of this process is called language processing. The ultimate goal of comprehension is to interpret a linguistic structure, i.e. to create a mental representation of the meaning of that structure based on linguistic knowledge, world knowledge and the features of the immediate linguistic and extra-linguistic context (Harley, 2… Show more
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