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Publication details [#23017]
Gibbs, Raymond W. 1986. Skating on thin ice: Literal meaning and understanding idioms in conversation. Discourse Processes 9 (1) : 17–30. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
G. discusses two experiments in understanding conventional expressions (idioms). The results indicate that people do not have to process both the literal and the conventional meaning for comprehension.