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Children's Understanding of Referential Nominal Metaphors: A Path to the Heart of Text Comprehension
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Direct linkAlix Seigneuric; Carsten Elbro; Jane Oakhill; Hakima Megherbi – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
A referential metaphor is a cohesive tie between lexical items that are metaphorically related, (e.g. "'The seagull' took the bread from the coffee table. No one heard the 'thief'"). The reference from "the thief" back to "the seagull" is metaphorical because thieves are human. The present article presents arguments…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Figurative Language, Reading Processes, Inferences
