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idiom decomposition hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Psycholinguistics

proposal that idioms whose parts map onto parts of their figurative meaning are processed compositionally and faster than nondecomposable idioms.

In psycholinguistics, idiom decomposition hypothesis refers to proposal that idioms whose parts map onto parts of their figurative meaning are processed compositionally and faster than nondecomposable idioms. This meaning comes from Gibbs (1989) in Journal of Memory and Language.[1]

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Gibbs, R. W., Nayak, N. P., & Cutting, C. (1989). How to kick the bucket and not decompose: Analyzability and idiom processing. Journal of Memory and Language, 28(5), 576-593. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-596x(89)90014-4

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