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ERIC Number: EJ455924
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0782
A Teacher Is Like a....: Using Simile Lists to Explore Personal Metaphors.
Marchant, Gregory J.
Language and Education, v6 n1 p33-45 1992
In a study of beliefs and construction of knowledge, undergraduate and graduate education students responded to open- ended statements and a list of similes describing what teachers, students, and classrooms were like. Results suggests that the simile list responses were valid reflections of the subjects' personal metaphors. (32 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: College Students, Figurative Language, Graduate Students, Knowledge Level, Language Research, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Metaphors, Psycholinguistics, Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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