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Publication details [#36520]

Cronk, Brian C. and Wendy A. Schweigert. 1992. The comprehension of idioms: The effects of familiarity, literalness, and usage. Applied Psycholinguistics 13 (2) : 131–146.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

familiarity | idiom, comprehension of | literal meaning

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0142-7164

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper deals with the interactive effects of familiarity and literalness on idiom comprehension.