Some Issues in the Measurement of Children's Comprehension of Metaphorical Language.

Reynolds, Ralph E.; Ortony, Andrew

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Some Issues in the Measurement of Children's Comprehension of Metaphorical Language.

Reynolds, Ralph E.; Ortony, Andrew

Child Development, v51 n4 p1110-19 Dec 1980

Subjects ranging in age from 7 to 12 years selected correct story completion alternatives significantly more often when these alternatives were similes than when they were semantically equivalent metaphors, and when alternatives specifically denoted the referent of the metaphorical comparison than when the identity of the referent had to be inferred. (Author/RH)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Figurative Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Metaphors

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