Reading comprehension and understanding idiomatic expressions: A developmental study

Brain and Language

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-314

  Chiara Levorato, Maria ^a   Nesi, Barbara ^a   Cacciari, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; READING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 7744232794     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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