Of black sheep and white crows: Extending the bilingual dual coding theory to memory for idioms

Are idioms stored in memory in ways that preserve their surface form or language or are they represented amodally? We examined this question using an incidental cued recall paradigm in which two word idiomatic expressions were presented to adult bilinguals proficient in Russian and English. Stimuli...

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Main Authors: Lena K. Pritchett, Jyotsna Vaid, Sumeyra Tosun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Psychology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2015.1135512