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Download full textGürgil, Fitnat – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
This study researched the use of metaphor among students and teachers to determine the images they had in their minds regarding a specific set of developed countries, and in doing so, utilized a longitudinal design carried out over four stages between November 2015 and November 2018 within a large metropolitan city in Turkey. The study findings…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Concept Formation, Stereotypes, Positive Attitudes
Direct linkWhalen, Juanita M.; Pexman, Penny M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
A number of studies have now examined the development of children's appreciation for verbal irony, typically by testing children's comprehension of the ironic speaker's belief and intent. This article examines a topic that has received much less attention: children's ability to produce irony in context-appropriate ways. The study presents 7- to…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Verbal Communication, Synchronous Communication, Children
