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ERIC Number: EJ228569
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Aug
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Misunderstanding Metaphor: What's the Problem?
Winner, Ellen; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v30 n1 p22-32 Aug 1980
This study investigated whether misunderstanding of metaphor is attributable to inability to discover the ground, the demands of a particular form of metaphor, or surface aspects of metaphors. Results indicated task demands posed by predicative metaphors proved greater than those posed by topicless metaphors. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comprehension, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Metaphors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Similes