New Names For Old Things: The Emergence of Metaphoric Language.

Winner, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ211170

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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New Names For Old Things: The Emergence of Metaphoric Language.

Winner, Ellen

Journal of Child Language, v6 n3 p469-91 Oct 1979

Reports on a study investigating the nature of metaphoric language in children's usage, specifically examining the unconventional word uses of one child between the ages of two years, three months, and four years, ten months. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Figurative Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Usage, Metaphors, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Vocabulary, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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