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Background:

  • Idiom processing is complex, involving figurative and literal interpretations.
  • The influence of contextual biases on idiom comprehension is not fully understood.
  • Idiom literality, the potential for literal interpretation, may modulate contextual effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction between contextual biases and idiom literality in real-time processing.
  • To determine if idioms with high literality are processed differently than those with low literality in biasing contexts.

Main Methods:

  • A self-paced reading study was employed.
  • Participants read sentences with idioms in contexts biasing figurative or literal meanings.
  • Sentence resolutions were congruent or incongruent with the initial bias.

Main Results:

  • High-literality idioms showed context effects: supported by congruent contexts, hindered by incongruent ones.
  • Low-literality idioms did not benefit from supporting contexts.
  • Interpreting low-literality idioms literally incurred processing costs irrespective of context.

Conclusions:

  • Biasing contexts are flexibly used in real-time idiom processing and meaning construction.
  • The effect of contextual biasing is mediated by the idiom's inherent literality.