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Clark, Herbert H.; Gerrig, Richard J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
Assumptions about comprehension of utterances are challenged in two experiments using as an example the verb phrase "to do a Richard Nixon on a tape" (i.e., erase it). It is argued that creating meanings, as with this phrase, works differently from selecting senses for utterances and that many require a mixture of the two. (MSE)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Language Processing
Swinney, David A.; Cutter, Anne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Two experiments examined the nature of access, storage, and comprehension of idiomatic phrases, using a phrase classification task. Results support a lexical representation hypothesis for the processing of idioms. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Grammar
