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

项目B9调查了第一语言和第二语言学习者对习语的理解。习语是语言的一个突出的例子，它既表现为合成语言，又表现为非合成语言。这就提出了一个核心问题，即习语的表征和使用是整体的，还是与单个成分的意义组合相结合的。项目B9的初步假设是，早期激活比喻意义沿着字面意义是有认知和语言经验的语言使用者的一个标志，并在发展过程中经历了一系列加工机制。

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.