Idioms, along with other formulaic multiword phrases, represent a substantial part of
vocabulary knowledge. This study investigates how idiom knowledge develops through the …

Comprehending idioms (eg, bite the bullet) requires that people appreciate their figurative
meanings while suppressing literal interpretations of the phrase. While much is known about …

The comprehension, retention and production of idiomatic expressions is one of the most
difficult areas of the lexicon for second language (L2) learners, even very advanced …

To investigate whether idiom production was vulnerable to age-related difficulties, we asked
40 younger (ages 18–30) and 40 older healthy adults (ages 60–85) to produce idiomatic …

Previous research is equivocal with respect to the neural substrates of idiom processing.
Particularly elusive is the role of the left ventro-lateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), a region …

This research aimed to describe the idiomatic constructions of lexeme of BAPAK in Bahasa
Indonesia (BI). The language description method used in this study was adopted from the …

Idioms, along with other formulaic multiword phrases, represent a substantial part of
vocabulary knowledge. This study investigates how idiom knowledge develops through the …

Idioms (eg kick the bucket, break the ice) are a fascinating aspect of human communication
because processing idioms (eg kick the bucket) requires both lexical-semantic skills to …