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ERIC Number: EJ246089
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Dec
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Some Issues in the Measurement of Children's Comprehension of Metaphorical Language.
Reynolds, Ralph E.; Ortony, Andrew
Child Development, v51 n4 p1110-19 Dec 1980
Subjects ranging in age from 7 to 12 years selected correct story completion alternatives significantly more often when these alternatives were similes than when they were semantically equivalent metaphors, and when alternatives specifically denoted the referent of the metaphorical comparison than when the identity of the referent had to be inferred. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Figurative Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Metaphors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Story Completion