Testing the Metaphoric Competence of the Young Child : Paraphrase versus Enactment. Technical Report No. 313 / Stella Vosniadou and Andrew Ortony.

In a study investigating the hypothesis that verbal paraphrase and explanation tasks account for part of the difficulty that young children have with tests of metaphor comprehension, 32 six-year-old children were read short stories that ended with metaphorical sentences. Half of the children were as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Vosniadou, Stella Ortony, Andrew (Author)
Corporate Authors:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984.
Subjects:	Child Language. Cognitive Development. Dramatic Play. Figurative Language. Grade 1. Language Processing. Listening Comprehension. Metaphors. Primary Education. Reading Research. Speech Communication. Young Children. Paraphrase Reports, Research. Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Genre:	Reports, Research. Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Physical Description:	27 pages
Format:	Microfilm Book

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