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Kalandadze, Tamar; Norbury, Courtenay; Naerland, Terje; Naess, Kari-Anne B. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
We present a meta-analysis of studies that compare figurative language comprehension in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and in typically developing controls who were matched based on chronological age or/and language ability. A total of 41 studies and 45 independent effect sizes were included based on predetermined inclusion criteria.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Reading Comprehension, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Hu, Chunyu; Xu, Yuting – Higher Education Studies, 2017
The economic media discourse depends upon a complex web of metaphors, among which WAR metaphor is worthy of special attention. The data used in this study is comprised of 2566 articles (about 1.2 million words) under the "Economy" column of China Daily published in 2014. Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) is used as the analytical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Figurative Language, Mass Media