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Peer reviewedBromley, Karen D'Angelo – Reading Teacher, 1984
Looks at research and practice in the area of idioms and offers suggestions for teaching them effectively. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Idioms
Geiger, William A., Jr. – 1983
Three universes of discourse are at work when writers create or use a metaphor: the analogical or metaphorical universe from which they borrow words, things, and relationships (sometimes called the "vehicle"); the contextual universe in which the analogy is being used (sometimes called the "topic"); and the metauniverse, or the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Educational Theories
