?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Language+comprehension+as+guided+experience&rft.creator=Zwaan%2C+Rolf&rft.creator=Kaup%2C+Barbara&rft.creator=Stanfield%2C+Robert&rft.creator=Madden%2C+Carol&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Historical+Linguistics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Language+comprehension+is+best+viewed+as+guided+experience.+The+linguistic+input+provides+cues+to+the+human+brain+as+to+how+to+construct+experiential+simulations+of+the+state+of+affairs+it++denotes.+We+show+that+this+view+of+language+comprehension+is+consistent+with+a+range+of+extant+evidence+in+a+variety+of+fields%2C+%0Aranging+from+historical+linguistics+to+cognitive+neuroscience.+We+furthermore+discuss+new+evidence+that+directly+supports+the+experience-based+view.+We+argue+that+the+prevailing+amodal+view+of++language+comprehension+is+unable+to+coherently+account+for+this+%0Aevidence.%0A&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F949%2F1%2Flc_as_guided-exp&rft.identifier=++Zwaan%2C+Rolf+and+Kaup%2C+Barbara+and+Stanfield%2C+Robert+and+Madden%2C+Carol++(2000)+Language+comprehension+as+guided+experience.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F949%2F