Nausicaa Pouscoulous
List of John Benjamins publications for which Nausicaa Pouscoulous plays a role.
Articles
2014 “The elevator’s buttocks”: Metaphorical abilities in children Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition, Matthews, Danielle (ed.), pp. 239–260 | Article
Classic studies suggest that metaphor production and comprehension are relatively late developing pragmatic skills, although it is not quite clear why this should be so. This chapter will first provide a sketch of the theoretical and adult processing accounts of metaphor before presenting an… read more
2011 Metaphor: For adults only? Cognitive and Empirical Pragmatics: Issues and perspectives, Bochner, Gregory, Philippe De Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine and Daniela Rossi (eds.), pp. 51–79 | Article
Many experimental studies from the 70s and 80s show that children do not understand metaphors until fairly late in development (not until adolescence, some claim). I will argue that children’s metaphorical abilities may not be as weak as they first appear. Findings suggesting a poor comprehension… read more