idiomatic expressions are considered as a part of everyday language. in other words, they are the essence of each language and one of the most problematic parts to cope with, especially in the process of interlingual translation. furthermore, there is sometimes no one-to-one equivalent for the idioms of the source language (sl) in the target language (tl). this study aimed at investigating the ...

processing skills and children's idiom comprehension 2 Abstract Two experiments compared 7-to 8-and 9-to 10-year-olds' ability to use semantic analysis and inference from context to understand idioms. We used a multiple-choice task and manipulated whether the idioms were transparent or opaque, familiar or novel, and presented with or without a supportive story context. Performance was compared ...

Independent and-parallelism, dependent and-parallelism and or-parallelism are the three main forms of implicit parallelism present in logic programs. In this paper we present a model, IDIOM, which exploits all three forms of parallelism in a single framework. IDIOM is based on a combination of the Basic Andorra Model and the Extended And-Or Tree Model. Our model supports both Prolog as well as ...

This paper describes a coding pattern, termed the C++ detection idiom, powered by the void_t metafunction recently accepted into the C++17 standard library. A fully-implemented toolkit of interfaces to this idiom is then presented and proposed for future standardization. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science. . . . — SIR ARTHUR IGNATIUS CONAN DOYLE

This paper describes a coding pattern, termed the C++ detection idiom, powered by the void_t metafunction recently accepted into the C++17 standard library. A fully-implemented toolkit of interfaces to this idiom is then presented and proposed for future standardization. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science. . . . — SIR ARTHUR IGNATIUS CONAN DOYLE

Idiom comprehension of 15 patients with mild probable Alzheimer's disease was examined by means of a sentence-to-picture matching task. Patients had to choose between two pictures, one representing the figurative and the other the literal interpretation. They were also submitted to a literal sentence comprehension test and to a pencil-and-paper dual task. Whereas literal comprehension was norma...

In this paper I present an approach to idioms in the HPSG framework. Building on earlier work by Copestake 1994, it employs phrasal types that specify the semantic relationship between the idiomatic words involved. Underspeciied Phrasal Semantics (UPS) does not require separate lexical entries for the words occurring in idioms, and treats a wide range of data more successfully than previous alt...

In this senior design project, we solve part of the problem of teaching common speech to second language English learners by focusing on idioms. We chose to focus on idioms because their figurative nature make them difficult to understand to second language learners, as their meanings can not be deciphered though a literal translation. Thus in order to understand idioms, the user must have prio...