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What processes allow a person to know that the statement “I’m blue” usually means that a person is feeling sad rather than the person is the color blue? Or that on the sports page the headline “All tied up” refers to the same number of games or points achieved by some sport’s teams, rather than someone being entwined in rope? Or that in a gambling casino, the request “Hit me” is a request for cards and not violence? Or that the question “What would you say to an omelet?” does not usually warrant the reply “Bonjour, omelet”?
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Bubka, A., Gorfein, D.S. (1989). Resolving Semantic Ambiguity: An Introduction. In: Gorfein, D.S. (eds) Resolving Semantic Ambiguity. Cognitive Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3596-5_1
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