‘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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-01-01
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| 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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