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Westby, Carol; Wilson, Deborah – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
This review article starts with an overview of changing education paradigms and the literature on cognitive and linguistic relationships in imaginative play related to comprehension of oral and written texts. Strategies for developing the cognitive and linguistic foundations for text comprehension through play are described. A review of current…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Norbury, Courtenay Frazier – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Happe (1993) proposed that theory of mind (ToM) understanding was necessary for comprehension of metaphorical expressions. The current study investigated the role of both ToM and language ability in metaphor understanding. Ninety-four children aged 8-15 years with communication impairments were grouped according to language ability and autistic…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Semantics, Language Impairments, Figurative Language