The Development of Idiom Knowledge Across the Lifespan

Knowledge of multi-word expressions, such as break the ice, is an important aspect of language proficiency that so far we have known surprisingly little about. For example, it is largely unknown how much variability there is between speakers with respect to the number of different items that they kn...

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Main Authors: Simone A. Sprenger, Amélie la Roi, Jacolien van Rij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00029/full