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Direct linkPatterson, Katie J. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2016
This paper addresses the issues with current systems of categorisation and measurement of linguistic metaphoricity, which have coloured most research into the area to-date. The paper discusses the role of metaphor as a form of creative language and a deviation from more linguistic norms and conventionalities. Two current theories are discussed as…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Priming, Classification, Linguistic Theory
Hsieh, Shelley Ching-Yu; Hsu, Chun-Chieh Natalie – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2010
This study examines the effect of familiarity, context, and linguistic convention on idiom comprehension in Mandarin speaking children. Two experiments (a comprehension task followed by a comprehension task coupled with a metapragmatic task) were administered to test participants in three age groups (6 and 9-year-olds, and an adult control group).…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Language Patterns, Speech Communication, Metalinguistics
