Processing Idiomatic Expressions: Effects of Semantic Compositionality

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-327

  Tabossi, Patrizia ^a   Fanari, Rachele ^a   Wolf, Kinou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

compositionality; fixed expressions; idiom; recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 40949113657     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.34.2.313     Document Type: Article

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