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Direct linkSprenger, Simone A.; Levelt, Willem J. M.; Kempen, Gerard – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
In three experiments we test the assumption that idioms have their own lexical entry, which is linked to its constituent lemmas (Cutting & Bock, 1997). Speakers produced idioms or literal phrases (Experiment 1), completed idioms (Experiment 2), or switched between idiom completion and naming (Experiment 3). The results of Experiment 1 show that…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Patterns, Figurative Language, Phrase Structure
