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Direct linkHsieh, 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
Chan, Yen-Ling; Marinellie, Sally A. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2008
The purpose of this study was to expand the current literature on word definitions by focusing on definitions of idioms provided by several age groups. Preadolescents, young adolescents, older adolescents, and adults wrote definitions for 10 frequently used idioms and also rated their familiarity with the idiomatic expressions. Participants'…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Definitions, Figurative Language, Familiarity
