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ERIC Number: EJ337945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Children's Sensitivity to Comprehension Failure in Interpreting a Nonliteral Use of an Utterance.
Ackerman, Brian P.
Child Development, v57 n2 p485-97 Apr 1986
Investigates whether 7- and 10-year-old children and adults are sensitive to their own and another listener's failure to understand literal and nonliteral (sarcastic) uses of utterances. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Evaluation Criteria, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills, Preadolescents, Speech Communication, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Sensitivization (Language Learning)