The Comprehension of Idioms: The Effects of Familiarity, Literalness, and Usage.

Cronk, Brian C.; Schweigert, Wendy A.

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ERIC Number: EJ450233

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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The Comprehension of Idioms: The Effects of Familiarity, Literalness, and Usage.

Cronk, Brian C.; Schweigert, Wendy A.

Applied Psycholinguistics, v13 n2 p131-46 Jun 1992

Previous research has been inconsistent in supporting any one model of idiom comprehension. This study found evidence of the effect of familiarity on reading times for sentences containing idioms, as well as new evidence that literalness affects reading times and that both familiarity and literalness exert interactive effects. (22 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Idioms, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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