Vernazzanu, Alfredo (2025) Language Comprehension and the Rhythm of Perception. Mind & Language.

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Abstract

It is widely agreed that language understanding has a
distinctive phenomenology, as illustrated by phenomenal
contrast cases. Yet it remains unclear how to
account for the perceptual phenomenology of language
experience. I advance a rhythmic account, which explains
this phenomenology in terms of changes in the
rhythm of sensory capacities in both reading and speech
perception. After presenting conceptual and empirical
foundations for the account, I argue that it should be
abductively preferred over competing views, especially
the semantic perceptual view, which holds that we literally
perceive linguistic meaning.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Vernazzanu, Alfredo 0000-0002-6458-8478
Keywords:	Phenomenal Contrast; Philosophy of Perception; Philosophy of Linguistics; Reading; Rhythm; Speech Perception; Rich Content View.
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Perception Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. Alfredo Vernazzani
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2025 10:56
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2025 10:56
Item ID:	26945
Journal or Publication Title:	Mind & Language
Publisher:	Wiley
Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mila.7...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1111/mila.70003
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Perception Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date:	2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26945

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