Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
RaymondW.Gibbs,Jr.isaPsychologyprofessorandresearcherattheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz.Hisresearchinterestsareinthefieldsofexperimentalpsycholinguisticsandcognitivescience.Hisworkconcernsarangeoftheoreticalissues,rangingfromquestionsabouttheroleofembodiedexperienceinthoughtandlanguage,tolookingatpeople'suseandunderstandingoffigurativelanguage(e.g.,metaphor,irony,idioms).RaymondGibbsresearchisespeciallyfocusedonbodilyexperienceandlinguisticmeaning.Muchofhisresearchismotivatedbytheoriesofmeaninginphilosophy,linguistics,andcomparativeliterature.