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Peer reviewedGibbs, Raymond W., Jr. – Discourse Processes, 1986
Describes the results of two studies indicating that people do not ordinarily process the complete literal or compositional interpretations of idiomatic expressions, and that people are automatically biased toward interpreting such language as idioms before deriving their intended literal meanings. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Figurative Language, Higher Education
