Children's Metaphoric Productions and Preferences.

Gardner, Howard; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ119618

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1975

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Children's Metaphoric Productions and Preferences

Gardner, Howard; And Others

Journal of Child Language, 2, 1, 125-141, Apr 75

To assess children's capacities to effect appropriate "metaphoric links" and to discriminate among metaphors of varying appropriateness, a task probing verbal metaphoric skill was administered to subjects ranging in age from 4 to 19 years. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Language, Children, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Performance, Metaphors, Psycholinguistics, Verbal Development

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