Kill the Song—Steal the Show: What Does Distinguish Predicative Metaphors From Decomposable Idioms?  

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Caillies, Stephanie ; Declercq, Christelle

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Psycholinguistics Research =>ada di SpringerLink 1972(vol.1) - Mutakhir; PROQUEST vol. 40 no. 3 (Jun. 2011), page 205-223.
Topik: Idiomatic expressions · Metaphors · Sense creation · Verb · Idioms · Predication process · Semantic processes
Fulltext: vol. 40 issue 3 June 2011. p. 205 - 223.pdf (220.2KB)

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This study examined the semantic processing difference between decomposable idioms and novel predicative metaphors. It was hypothesized that idiom comprehension results from the retrieval of a figurativemeaning stored inmemory, that metaphor comprehension requires a sense creation process and that this process difference affects the processing time of idiomatic and metaphoric expressions. In the first experiment, participants read sentences containing decomposable idioms, predicative metaphors or control expressions and performed a lexical decision task on figurative targets presented 0, 350, and 500 ms, or 750 after reading. Results demonstrated that idiomatic expressions were processed sooner than metaphoric ones. In the second experiment, participants were asked to assess the meaningfulness of idiomatic, metaphoric and literal expressions after reading a verb prime that belongs to the target phrase (identity priming). The results showed that verb identity priming was stronger for idiomatic expressions than for metaphor ones, indicating different mental representations.

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