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Direct linkLevorato, M. Chiara; Cacciari, Cristina – Journal of Child Language, 2002
According to a developmental model of figurative language acquisition--the "global elaboration model" (Levorato & Cacciari, 1995)--the metalinguistic awareness necessary to use figurative language in a creative way is acquired late, and is subsequent to the ability to comprehend and produce figurative expressions. One hundred and…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Psycholinguistics, Foreign Countries, Children
