Getting a Grip on Non-Literal Meaning: The Dynamics of Understanding Idiomatic Expressions in Language Learners (B09*)

项目B9调查第一和第二语言学习者的习语理解能力。习语提供了一个突出的例子，语言似乎既构成又非构成。这提出的一个核心问题是，习语是整体地表示和访问，还是与单个组成部分的意义组合在一起。B9项目的初步假设是，形象意义和字面意义的早期激活是认知和语言经验丰富的语言使用者的标志，并且在发展过程中存在一系列加工机制。

Project B9 investigates idiom comprehension in first and second language learners. Idioms provide a prominent example of language that appears to be both compositional and non-compositional. One core issue this raises is whether idioms are represented and accessed holistically or in tandem with composition of the meaning of individual constituents. The preliminary hypothesis of Project B9 is that early activation of figurative meaning along with literal meaning is a hallmark of cognitively and linguistically experienced language users and is preceded by serial processing mechanisms in devel-opment.