Publications

Publication details [#65001]

Littlemore, Jeannette, Gareth Carrol and Margaret Gillon Dowens. 2018. Of false friends and familiar foes: Comparing native and non-native understanding of figurative phrases. Lingua 204 : 21–44.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

familiarity | figurative speech | motivation | native vs. non-native interaction | understanding

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Inquiry into figurative language distinguishes variables like familiarity, transparency, decomposability and motivation, which all play a notable role in how native and non-native speakers master, process and grasp figurative phrases.