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Semantic Comprehension

Semantic Comprehension is the cognitive capacity to derive and interpret meaning from words, phrases, and sentences within verbal or written language, distinguishing it from syntactic or phonological processing by focusing exclusively on the conceptual content and relational structure of linguistic input.

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Authors

439

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2017–2026

81

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Semantic Language Comprehension

Parents

Publications

449

Integration of Word Meaning and World Knowledge in Language Comprehension

Peter Hagoort, Lea A. Hald, Marcel Bastiaansen et al. · Science · 2004 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Structure and process in semantic memory: A featural model for semantic decisions.

Edward E. Smith, Edward Joseph Shoben, Lance J. Rips · Psychological Review · 1974 · 1.4K citations

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Word Knowledge in a Theory of Reading Comprehension

Charles A. Perfetti, Joseph Z. Stafura · Scientific Studies of Reading · 2013 · 1.3K citations

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The ‘Good Enough’ Approach to Language Comprehension

Fernanda Ferreira, Nikole D. Patson · Language and Linguistics Compass · 2007 · 709 citations

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The Neural Mechanisms of Speech Comprehension: fMRI studies of Semantic Ambiguity

Jennifer M. Rodd, Matthew H. Davis, Ingrid S. Johnsrude · Cerebral Cortex · 2005 · 653 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Patricia A. Carpenter

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    6 publications · 639 citations

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  2. MA
    Marcel Adam Just

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    6 publications · 373 citations

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  3. JO
    Jane Oakhill

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. KN
    Kate Nation

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 448 citations

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  5. ME
    Mark E. Faust

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 1.8K citations

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Institutions

439

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    768 citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    3.7K citations

  7. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    257 citations

  8. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    6.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

    12 publications · 996 citations

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  3. Child Development

    12 publications · 633 citations

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  4. Journal of Memory and Language

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Brain and Language

    8 publications · 384 citations

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