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Peer reviewedDemorest, Amy; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Asks adults and 6-, 9- and, 13 year olds' questions about tape-recorded stories in order to investigate their ability to recognize sincere, deceptive, and sarcastic remarks. Results indicate that the youngest children interpret all remarks as sincere; 9 and 13 year olds can appreciate deliberate falsehood, but only adults identify sarcasm.…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Children, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedAbbeduto, Leonard; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Studied the development of speech act comprehension in 36 retarded and 36 nonretarded children at the developmental ages of five, seven, and nine years. Retarded and nonretarded individuals followed the answer obviousness rule and used the contextual and linguistic clues available to respond to yes-no interrogative sentences. (RJC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedVosniadou, Stella; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Reports three experiments which examined preschool, first-grade, and third-grade children's understanding of metaphorical language. Subjects acted out short stories which ended in metaphorical sentences by using toys. Predictability of the story endings and the complexity of the metaphorical sentences are found to affect metaphor comprehension.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Figurative Language
