On comprehending idioms: Do children get the picture?
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
- Vol. 33 (3) , 439-454
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(82)90058-3
Abstract
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