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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
