YOUNG CHILDRENS IDIOM COMPREHENSION - TRYING TO GET THE PICTURE

被引：28

作者：

ABKARIAN, GG ^{[1
]}

JONES, A ^{[1
]}

WEST, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NOVA CARE INC,FT COLLINS,CO

来源：

JOURNAL OF SPEECH AND HEARING RESEARCH | 1992年 / 35卷 / 03期

关键词：

COMPREHENSION; LANGUAGE; IDIOMS; CHILDREN;

D O I：

10.1044/jshr.3503.580

中图分类号：

H [语言、文字];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

Young children (3.5-6.5 years of age) were tested for their comprehension of 10 common idioms in context and no-context conditions. Results revealed a significant linear trend for children to make more literal responses with increasing age. Children of this age did not find the story contexts helpful in interpreting the idioms. A range of comprehension scores was found among the individual idioms, but semantic transparency (as judged by adults) was not related to comprehension. Child-internal and methodologic variables influencing idiom comprehension are discussed.

引用

页码：580 / 587

页数：8

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