The Psychology of Word Meanings

Paula J. Schwanenflugel

Contents: G.L. Murphy, Meaning and Concepts. B.C. Malt, Word Meaning and Word Use. P.J. Schwanenflugel, B.G. Blount, P-J. Lin, Cross-Cultural Aspects of Word Meanings. J. Hampton, The Combination of Prototype Concepts. E.J. Shoben, Predicating and Non-Predicating Combinations. M.G. McKeown, Learning Word Meanings From Definitions: Problems and Potential. S.A. Stahl, Beyond the Instrumentalist Hypothesis: Some Relationships Between Word Meaning and Comprehension. D.A. Balota, R. Ferraro, L.T. Connor, On the Early Influence of Meaning in Word Recognition: A Review of the Literature. P.J. Schwanenflugel, Why Are Abstract Concepts Hard to Understand? C. Chiarello, Interpretations of Word Meanings by the Cerebral Hemispheres: One is not Enough.