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Publication details [#36558]

Pearson, Barbara Zurer. 1990. The comprehension of metaphor by preschool children. Journal of Child Language 17 (1) : 185–203.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

figurative speech | imitation | L1-acquisition | metaphor | toddler

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0305-009

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

As the results of this study show that preschoolers are able to imitate and comprehend metaphor, figurative language may be argued to hold a more central position in linguistic theory than accorded.