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Peer reviewedJohnson, Janice – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1989
Examination of factors underlying cross-language transfer in metaphor interpretation among bilingual (Spanish-English) 7- to 12-year-olds indicated that metaphor interpretation ability was higher in the older subjects. The level of metaphor interpretation was most strongly related to cognitive-developmental variables that were interdependent…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
