Developmental Perspectives on Metaphor : A Special Issue of metaphor and Symbolic Activity

ISBN-13: 9780805899375 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 64 str.

Winner; Ellen Winner

Opis

Metaphor is now considered to be a central aspect of language and thought and thus a crucial variable in cognitive development. The articles in this issue support the claim that no longer can any theory of language acquisition afford to ignore how children are able to recognize metaphors.

Spis treści

Volume 10, Number 4, 1995
Contents: E. Winner, Introduction. A. de Groot, J. Kaplan, E. Rosenblatt, S. Dews, E. Winner, Understanding Versus Discriminating Nonliteral Utterances: Evidence for a Dissociation. F.G.E. Happé, Understanding Minds and Metaphors: Insights From the Study of Figurative Language in Autism. S. Vosniadou, Analogical Reasoning in Cognitive Development. V.F. Reyna, B. Kiernan, Children's Memory and Metaphorical Interpretation.

O autorze

Ellen Winner