Literal salience in on-line processing of idiomatic expressions by second language learners

Second Language Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-144

  Cieślicka, Anna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 33646870588     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267658306sr263oa     Document Type: Article

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