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Direct linkCain, K.; Oakhill, J.; Lemmon, K. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2005
We report an investigation of 9-year-olds' ability to interpret idioms in relation to their reading comprehension level. We manipulated whether the idioms were transparent or opaque, whether they were real or novel, whether they were presented in isolation or in a supportive narrative context. As predicted, children were better able to explain the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Reading Comprehension, Language Patterns, Language Processing
