The access and processing of idiomatic expressions
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal BehaviorPublished 1 October 1979
David Swinney, Anne Cutler
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Data from two experiments examined the nature of access, storage, and comprehension of idiomatic phrases and support a Lexical Representation Hypothesis for the processing of idioms.
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