The Roles of Vision, Space, and the Body in Interpreting Unfamiliar Serbian and English Idiomatic Expressions
The present paper investigates whether lexicalized visuo-spatial configurations and/or an explicit reference to a human body part can facilitate the interpretation of unknown idioms by comparing the levels of correct interpretation of unknown English and Serbian idiomatic expressions. Two groups of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Vilnius University
2014-04-01
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Series: | Respectus Philologicus |
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Online Access: | http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/13773 |