Monika Płużyczka
List of John Benjamins publications in which Monika Płużyczka is involved.
Articles
2026 Processing and appreciation of literary metaphors in English as a foreign language: An eye-tracking study AILA Review 39:1, pp. 80–108 | Article
Purpose: Experimental research on the processing of literary metaphors in a foreign language (L2) is scarce, as well as research on how non-native speakers perceive the aesthetic value of such metaphors. The paper aims to gain a deeper insight into the topic.
Method: The team… read more
2020 Tracking mental processes in sight translation: Neurobiological determinants of selected eyetracking parameters Translation, Cognition & Behavior 3:2, pp. 209–232 | Article
The article reviews the author’s research on two selected eyetracking parameters, i.e., spatial saccades and pupil dilation, and their relationship with the mental activity of the translator during sight translation performance. An overview and discussion of the results of studies conducted in… read more
Through the reader’s Eyes: Processing effort and aesthetic engagement with metaphors in a second language AILA Review: Online-First Articles | Article
This study investigates how second-language (L2) readers process and aesthetically evaluate literary metaphors, combining eye-tracking data with comprehension and aesthetic judgment tasks. Sixty Polish university students with advanced English proficiency read an excerpt from The Golden Bowl by… read more

