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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Main Authors: Dušan Stamenković, Austin Bennett, Mihailo Antović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University 2014-04-01
Series:Respectus Philologicus
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Online Access:http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/13773