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Peer reviewedWinner, Ellen – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Reports on a study investigating the nature of metaphoric language in children's usage, specifically examining the unconventional word uses of one child between the ages of two years, three months, and four years, ten months. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Figurative Language, Language Acquisition
