ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we are concerned with how people process sentences. How are word meanings integrated with the structural meanings of sentences? Above and beyond the sounds and the meanings of the individual words in a sentence are the relations among the words. We cannot derive the meaning, or meanings, of a sentence from the meanings of the individual words alone. One aspect crucial in many languages, including English, is word order. Consider
Miles Standish loved Priscilla.
Priscilla loved Miles Standish.
