‘Well, if you want to play with fire, make sure the flames are tamed’: investigating the integration of idiom literal completions across literal and creative contexts

This study investigates the integration of literal completions of idiomatic multiword expressions (MWEs) into two linguistic contexts: one promoting a literal interpretation and the other a figurative one, requiring reinterpretation to align with figurative bias. Sixteen Italian idioms were distribu...

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Main Author: Irene Pagliai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
Series:Language and Cognition
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980825100136/type/journal_article
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