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ERIC Number: EJ396975
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Developmental Levels of Processing in Metaphor Interpretation.
Johnson, Janice; Pascual-Leone, Juan
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v48 n1 p1-31 Aug 1989
Outlines a theory of metaphor that posits varying levels of semantic processing and formalizes the levels in terms of kinds of semantic mapping operators. Predicted complexity of semantic mapping operators was tested using metaphor interpretations of 204 children aged 6-12 years and 24 adults. Processing score increased predictably with age. (SAK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Language Research, Metaphors, Psychological Studies, Semantics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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