Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ645071
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Judgments of Idiom Familiarity and Transparency: A Comparison of Children and Adolescents.
Nippold, Marilyn A.; Taylor, Catherine L.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v45 n2 p384-91 Apr 2002
This study compared judgments of idiom familiarity and transparency by 50 11-year-old children and 50 16-year-old adolescents. Although the children had less familiarity and greater difficulty comprehending the idioms than did adolescents, their transparency judgments were similar. For both groups the easiest idioms were also judged as the most transparent. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Idioms, Language Acquisition, Receptive Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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