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Direct linkAbrahamsen, Eileen P.; Burke-Williams, Debra – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2004
Third and fifth grade children with and without learning disabilities participated in this study. Syntactically frozen and flexible idioms and transparent and opaque idioms were used as stimuli to examine the ability to identify the correct idiom and to explain idiom meanings. Grade and diagnostic category affected performance on the explanation…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Language Patterns, Children, Learning Disabilities
