The present study in French sought to investigate which factors predict irony perception most efficiently. An experiment was developed following three steps. The first two steps focused on the creation of stimuli to be evaluated in the third step. In this last step, participants, whose sociocultural characteristics (gender, age, and level of…

This study aimed to determine the degree of metaphorical meaning acquisition reflected in the ratings of Mental Lexicon Organizations (MLOs) namely subordinate, compound and coordinate; and to explore the interaction effects of the self-regulating capacities and age on the ratings. The method is quantitative. 261 out of 1,278 students of English,…

Seventy-one university students completed the Fullerton Language Test for Adolescents--Subtest on Idioms. Of the 18-21-year-old group, 51 percent fell within the "Competence Range," while 84 percent of the 22-29-year-old group and 91 percent of the 30-year-old or over group fell within this range. (Author/JDD)