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Direct linkReuterskiold, Christina; Van Lancker Sidtis, Diana – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2013
This study explored retention of idioms and novel (i.e. newly created or grammatically generated) expressions in English-speaking girls following exposure only once during a conversation. Our hypothesis was that idioms, because of their inherent holistic, nonliteral and social characteristics, are acquired differently and more rapidly than novel…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Figurative Language, Familiarity, Females
Newman, Rochelle S.; German, Diane J. – Language and Speech, 2005
This study investigated how lexical access in naming tasks (picture naming, naming to open-ended sentences, and naming to category exemplars) might be influenced by different lexical factors during adolescence and adulthood. Participants included 1075 individuals, ranging in age from 12 to 83 years. Lexical factors examined included word frequency…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Processing, Age Differences, Adolescents
