Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresiones idiomáticas

Resumen:

Factors that predict second language (L2) collocation knowledge have been extensively studied, but research on predictors of L2 knowledge of idioms is still limited. The aim of the present study is to examine the effect of various factors established in L2 collocation research on idioms. These include L2 proficiency, idiom frequency, and congruency status (whether the idiom can be literally translated into the first language or L1). To that end, 225 L1-Arabic–L2-English speakers completed three measures (familiarity rating, meaningfulness rating, and meaning recall) involving 72 English idioms, half congruent and half incongruent. Additionally, the participants completed a vocabulary size test as a rough measure of their English proficiency. We initially examined the association between the ratings provided by the L2 participants and...

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