Between-language differences within the 150–250 ms time window, with mean amplitudes for Polish and English utterances over left and right central, centro-parietal, and parietal electrode positions.

<p>Between-language differences within the 150–250 ms time window, with mean amplitudes for Polish and English utterances over left and right central, centro-parietal, and parietal electrode positions.</p

Accuracy rates (%) to novel metaphoric, conventional metaphoric, literal, and anomalous word dyads in Polish (dark grey) and English (light grey).

<p>Accuracy rates (%) to novel metaphoric, conventional metaphoric, literal, and anomalous word dyads in Polish (dark grey) and English (light grey).</p

Results of the normative studies on stimuli included in the experiment.

<p>Results of the normative studies on stimuli included in the experiment.</p

Topographic distribution of novel metaphoric (NM), conventional metaphoric (CM), literal (LIT), and anomalous (ANO) word dyads in Polish (PL) and in English (ENG) within the 500–800 ms time window.

<p>Voltage maps were obtained for the averaged value of difference waves (Polish conventional metaphoric minus Polish novel metaphoric word pairs, Polish literal minus Polish novel metaphoric word pairs, English conventional metaphoric minus English novel metaphoric word pairs, and English literal minus English novel metaphoric word pairs).</p

Cloze probability results for novel metaphoric, conventional metaphoric, literal, and anomalous word dyads in Polish and English.

<p>Cloze probability results for novel metaphoric, conventional metaphoric, literal, and anomalous word dyads in Polish and English.</p

Reaction times (ms) to novel metaphoric, conventional metaphoric, literal, and anomalous word dyads in Polish (dark grey) and English (light grey).

<p>Reaction times (ms) to novel metaphoric, conventional metaphoric, literal, and anomalous word dyads in Polish (dark grey) and English (light grey).</p

Scatterplots showing the correlations between meaningfulness ratings (y-axis) and accuracy rates (x-axis) for word dyads in Polish (left-hand side) and English (right-hand side).

<p>Scatterplots showing the correlations between meaningfulness ratings (y-axis) and accuracy rates (x-axis) for word dyads in Polish (left-hand side) and English (right-hand side).</p

Grand averages for Polish (solid line) and English (dotted line) utterances over right central, centro-parietal, and parietal electrodes, where the effect was maximal.

<p>Grand averages for Polish (solid line) and English (dotted line) utterances over right central, centro-parietal, and parietal electrodes, where the effect was maximal.</p

Main effect of language within the 300–400 ms time window, with mean amplitudes for Polish and English utterances over fronto-central, central, centro-parietal, and parietal electrode positions.

<p>Main effect of language within the 300–400 ms time window, with mean amplitudes for Polish and English utterances over fronto-central, central, centro-parietal, and parietal electrode positions.</p

Selected sets of experimental stimuli.

<p>Selected sets of experimental stimuli.</p