Preface -- Chapter 1: Problems of Meaning -- On the difficulties of using the concept of a dictionary - and the impossibility of not using it -- Inter- and intraindividual differences in meaning -- On the "natural" meaning of acoustic signals -- The latent semantics of verbal association -- The meaning-confining function of the adjective -- Some preliminary remarks on net-linguistic semantics -- Chapter 2: Sentence Processing -- Elective decay of meaning in working memory and the process of discourse comprehension -- Foci of attention in comprehension and production of sentences -- Chapter 3: Text Processing -- Person description: Some empirical findings concerning the production and reproduction of a specific text type -- On the influence of text organization on learning outcomes -- Inference processes in text comprehension -- Strategies of repeated text processing -- The influence of pictures on the processing of texts: reading time, intelligibility, recall, aesthetic effect, need for rereading -- The semantic power of verbal and pictorial parts of situations -- Criteria of understanding and understandability -- Text, signification, models, and correlates. Some aspects of text comprehension and text interpretation.