The relation between children's reading comprehension level and their comprehension of idioms

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-87

  Cain, Kate ^a   Oakhill, Jane ^b   Lemmon, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Idiom comprehension; Reading comprehension; Semantic analysis; Use of context

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; READING; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 10944222106     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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