Developmental Perspectives on Metaphor
Research on the development of metaphor abilities in children can be dated back as far as 1960, with Asch and Nerlove''s pioneering study, which concluded that children were unable to understand metaphors until middle or even late childhood. However, the study of metaphor in children did not take off until the 1970s; research continued to show metaphor as a relatively late-developing skill, based ...
Research on the development of metaphor abilities in children can be dated back as far as 1960, with Asch and Nerlove''s pioneering study, which concluded that children were unable to understand metaphors until middle or even late childhood. However, the study of metaphor in children did not take off until the 1970s; research continued to show metaphor as a relatively late-developing skill, based ...