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Battin, David B.; Ceci, Stephen J.; Lust, Barbara C. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012
This study compared younger (M = 53 months) and older (M = 90 months) children's use of linguistic referential devices to make a positive identification. Children were shown a 4-minute video that concluded with a wrongful act. They were interviewed 24 hours later and asked to identify the perpetrator of the wrongful act with open-ended and…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Persuasive Discourse, Child Abuse, Linguistics
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Ozcaliskan, Seyda – Journal of Child Language, 2005
Situated within the framework of the conceptual metaphor theory (Lakoff & Johnson, 1999), this study investigated young children's understanding of metaphorical extensions of spatial motion. Metaphor was defined as a conceptual-linguistic mapping between a source and a target domain. The study focused on metaphors that are structured by the source…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Linguistics, Figurative Language, Motion