The multidetermined nature of idiom processing

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1103-1121

  Libben, Maya R ^a   Titone, Debra A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION;

COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 54949143951     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.6.1103     Document Type: Article

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