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Publication details [#26735]

Bernicot, Josie and Virginie Laval. 2002. "Tu es dans la lune": Understanding idioms in French-speaking children. Pragmatics 12 (4) : 399–413.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | idiom | meaning | understanding

Language as a subject

French

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study examines the role of context and (extra)linguistic conventions in the understanding of idioms in 6- and 9-year-old French-speaking children and adults.