What Does It Take to Understand a Metaphor? [electronic resource] / Ellen Winner and Howard Gardner.

This paper discusses the kind of knowledge and strategies necessary to understand a metaphor. Studies of six year olds indicate that they fail to recognize that metaphors are intended nonliterally. At about the age of ten, children begin to give appropriate explanations. Children on the verge of met...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Winner, Ellen
Other Authors:	Gardner, Howard
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:	Child Development. Cognitive Processes. Comprehension. Developmental Stages. Elementary Secondary Education. Language Acquisition. Metaphors. Psychological Studies.