Visually Situated Language Comprehension

Visually Situated Language Comprehension has been compiled as a state-of the-art introduction to real-time language processing in visually-situated contexts. It covers the history of this emergent field, explains key methodological developments and discusses the insights these methods have enabled into how language processing interacts with our knowledge and perception of the immediate environment. Scientists interested in how language users integrate what they know with their perception of objects and events will find the book a rewarding read. The book further covers lexical, sentence, and discourse level processes, as well as active visual context effects in both non-interactive and interactive tasks and thus present a well-balanced view of the field. It is aimed at experienced researchers and students alike in the hopes of attracting new talent to the field. Thanks to its in-depth methodological introduction and broad coverage it constitutes an excellent course book.

Julie Sedivy, author of Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics:
Never before has the visual world paradigm been situated within such a rich intellectual context. The diversity of perspectives, the empirical range and the depth of theoretical synthesis within this book provide the reader with much of what he or she needs to intelligently consume or produce psycholinguistic research in visual contexts.