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Direct linkMacis, Marijana; Schmitt, Norbert – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This study investigated learner knowledge of the figurative meanings of 30 collocations that can be both literal and figurative. One hundred and seven Chilean Spanish-speaking university students of English were asked to complete a meaning-recall collocation test in which the target items were embedded in non-defining sentences. Results showed…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure, Spanish Speaking
