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Publication details [#36586]

Broderick, Victor. 1992. Incidence of verbal comparisons in beginners' books and in metaphor comprehension research: A search for ecological validity. Journal of Child Language 19 (1) : 183–193.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

children's book | comparison1 | figurative speech

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0305-009

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study contrasts literal and figurative comparison types found in popular children's books with comparisons used as comprehension stimulus sets in developmental research on children's figurative language acquisition.