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Connor, Kathleen; Johnson, Karen – 1985
While researchers have made progress in understanding metaphor comprehension, less is known about the production of metaphoric language. College students (N=129) were asked to use metaphoric comparisons to describe 16 topics. They were told to imagine themselves on a trip, writing home to someone they knew well, either a peer or a child (students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Figurative Language