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ERIC Number: EJ216896
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Development of Metaphor and Proverb Translation in Children Grades 1 through 7.
Douglas, Joan Delahanty; Peel, Bettina
Journal of Educational Research, v73 n2 p116-19 Nov-Dec 1979
A study of children's ability to translate figurative speech across four grade levels indicates that most third graders could correctly translate metaphors and dual function words but that proverbs were not generally understood until the seventh grade. (Editor)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Interpretive Skills, Metaphors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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