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Direct linkTabossi, Patrizia; Fanari, Rachele; Wolf, Kinou – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2005
This study investigates recognition of spoken idioms occurring in neutral contexts. Experiment 1 showed that both predictable and non-predictable idiom meanings are available at string offset. Yet, only predictable idiom meanings are active halfway through a string and remain active after the string's literal conclusion. Experiment 2 showed that…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Word Recognition, Oral Language, Figurative Language
