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Direct linkRubio-Fernández, Paula; Grassmann, Susanne – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2016
This study investigates the development of two cognitive abilities that are involved in metaphor comprehension: implicit analogical reasoning and assigning an unconventional label to a familiar entity (as in Romeo's "Juliet is the sun"). We presented 3- and 4-year-old children with literal object-requests in a pretense setting (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Figurative Language, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension
