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Measures of metaphor
Author(s) -
Winner Ellen,
Wapner Wendy,
Cicone Michael,
Gardner Howard
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219790608
Subject(s) - metaphor , comprehension , constitution , psychology , linguistics , literal and figurative language , cognitive psychology , sociology , cognitive science , political science , philosophy , law
The ability to decode linguistic metaphors is a skill that develops relatively late, but the constitution on which such comprehension rests emerges in the first year.