Autumn Leaves and Old Photographs : A Developmental Study of Metaphor Preferences. Technical Report No. 14 / Lisa R. Silberstein and Others.

A multiple choice Metaphor Preferences Test was administered to 138 preschool through college subjects to determine the role of a metaphor's ground in determining a metaphor's appeal, and to document the evolution of preferences for different types of grounds. Ground is the common property that link...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silberstein, Lisa R.
Corporate Author:	Harvard University. Harvard Project Zero
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Abstract Reasoning. Association (Psychology) Developmental Stages. Elementary Secondary Education. Figurative Language. Higher Education. Imagery. Language Acquisition. Language Processing. Language Research. Language Styles. Metaphors. Perception. Preschool Education. Preferences Reports, Research.
Genre:	Reports, Research.
Physical Description:	23 pages
Format:	Microfilm Book

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