Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ177238
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Puns, Metaphors, and Misunderstandings in a Two-year Old's Conception of Death
Brent, Sandor B.
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 8, 4, 285-92, 78
This paper reports, analyzes, and interprets successive stages in the evolution of one two-year old boy's conception of death through a series of puns, metaphors, and misunderstandings about the nature of language, and of its relationship to the world to which it refers. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Death, Language Usage, Logical Thinking, Psycholinguistics, Psychological Studies
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