Vol. 4 No. 17 (2015)

Research Article

Language Development, Reading Comprehension and Idiom Comrehension Trilogy: Peer Commentary on Levorato Et Al.

Published 2015-07-20

Cilt 4 Sayı 17 kapak

Öz

Dil Gelişimi, Metin Kavrama ve Deyim Anlama Üçlemesi: Levorato ve Diğerlerinin Çalışması Üzerine Bir Eleştiri

Bu çalışma, Levorato, M. C., Nesi, B. & Cacciari, C. (2004). Reading comprehension and understanding idiomatic expressions: A developmental study. Brain and Language, 91(3), 303-314. makalesinin bir eleştirisidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler bağlam, değişmeceli dil, deyim, dil edinimi, okuduğunu anlama

Abstract

This paper is a peer commentary on Levorato, M. C., Nesi, B. & Cacciari, C. (2004). Reading comprehension and understanding idiomatic expressions: A developmental study. Brain and Language, 91(3), 303-314.

Keywords context, figurative language, idiom, language acquisition, reading comprehension

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