English idioms in the first language and second language lexicon: a dual representation approach

By Beate Abel. 2003

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Literal salience in on-line processing of idiomatic expressions by second language learners (2006, background): “The strategy of reliance on literal meanings of idiom constituents is also apparent in the Model of Dual L2 Idiom Representation (Abel, 2003).”
On my mind: thoughts about salience, context and figurative language from a second language perspective (2006, background): “This fact also confirms the need to differentiate between a lexical level and conceptual level of interpretation, which is not common in present-day second language acquisition theories (see Abel, 2003).”
Does pictorial elucidation foster recollection of idioms? (2009, background): “Studies on L2 idioms such as Cieslicka’s and others (e.g. Lennon, 1998; Cooper, 1999; Cornell, 1999; Abel, 2003) have mostly focussed on learners’ interpretation or comprehension of L2 idioms, i.”