Kill the Song-Steal the Show: What Does Distinguish Predicative Metaphors From Decomposable Idioms?

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-223

  Caillies, Stéphanie ^a   Declercq, Christelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Idiomatic expressions; Idioms; Metaphors; Predication process; Semantic processes; Sense creation; Verb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; METAPHOR; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955629998     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-010-9165-8     Document Type: Article

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