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In this study, we investigated the influence of schizotypal personality traits on the neural mechanisms underlying literal and figurative language comprehension, aiming to contribute to the development of neurophysiological markers of schizophrenia spectrum pathology. Methods: A total of 121 university students were assessed using the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) and categorized into three groups: low-SPQ (scores &lt;21; n = 60), intermediate-SPQ (scores 21\u201340; n = 44), and high-SPQ (scores \u226541; n = 16). Participants evaluated 60 literal, 60 idiomatic, and 60 semantically incongruent phrases for meaningfulness, while event-related potentials (ERPs)\u2014specifically N400 and post-N400 Positivity (PNP)\u2014were recorded. Results: The low-SPQ group showed clear N400 differentiation between idiomatic expressions and both incongruent and literal conditions, whereas intermediate-SPQ and high-SPQ groups demonstrated reduced N400 distinctions in the frontal area. At central and parietal sites, participants with increased SPQ scores retained partial differentiation between idiomatic and incongruent phrases, but they failed to differentiate between idiomatic and literal ones. Moreover, participants with intermediate SPQ scores exhibited larger frontal PNP differences between incongruent and idiomatic conditions relative to the low-SPQ group. Conclusions: These findings indicate that schizotypal traits are associated with poorly regulated semantic processing at the N400 stage, which is accompanied by compensatory activity at later stages of stimulus processing. 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