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Idiomatic Competence

Idiomatic Competence is a linguistic construct denoting the speaker’s acquired ability to comprehend, produce, and appropriately use idiomatic expressions in context, distinguishing it from general vocabulary or grammatical knowledge by its focus on fixed, non-compositional phrases whose meanings cannot be derived from their constituent words.

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2017–2026

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Idioms: Structural and psychological perspectives

Albert N. Katz · Journal of Pragmatics · 1998 · 380 citations

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A Corpus-Based Study of Idioms in Academic Speech

Rita Simpson, Dushyanthi Mendis · TESOL Quarterly · 2003 · 231 citations · Full text

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The Idiom Principle Revisited

Anna Siyanova‐Chanturia, Ron Martínez · Applied Linguistics · 2014 · 220 citations

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The multidetermined nature of idiom processing

Maya Libben, Debra Titone · Memory & Cognition · 2008 · 213 citations · Full text

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A piece of cake: learning and teaching idioms

Suzanne Irujo · ELT Journal · 1986 · 149 citations

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Authors

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  1. JI
    John I. Liontas

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    6 publications · 197 citations

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  2. HS
    Helmer Strik

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. MC
    Maria Chiara Levorato

    University of Padua, Italy

    2 publications · 159 citations

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  4. FH
    Ferdy Hubers

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. MA
    Marilyn A. Nippold

    University of Oregon, United States

    2 publications · 128 citations

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Institutions

58

  1. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    128 citations

  2. Islamic Azad University of Najafabad

    Najafābād, Iran

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

  3. Hanoi National University of Education

    Hanoi, Vietnam

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  4. University of South Florida St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  5. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    61 citations

  6. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    384 citations

  7. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    141 citations

  8. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

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  1. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Repository · 4 publications · 98 citations

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  2. Theory and Practice in Language Studies

    TPLS · 3 publications · 66 citations

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  3. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

    3 publications · 132 citations

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  4. Journal of Language Teaching and Research

    JLTR · 2 publications · 36 citations

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  5. Language

    2 publications · 126 citations

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