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Peer reviewedLevorato, Maria Chiara; Cacciari, Cristina – Journal of Child Language, 1992
Examined children's comprehension and production of idioms through the roles of familiarity and of different kinds of contextual information on comprehension. A sample of 264 children showed that familiarity (i.e., frequency of exposure) plays a minor role and only for children who are not yet able to use contextual information. (18 references)…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Context Effect
