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Figurative Language And Speech Play: A Study Of First Grade Children, Dena Weiss-Tisman
Figurative Language And Speech Play: A Study Of First Grade Children, Dena Weiss-Tisman
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This paper is a study of figurative language and speech play in first grade children. I will describe what types of figurative language the children use and comprehend and discuss the role of figurative language, and specifically metaphor, in speech play. I will emphasize the need to study children's language using anthropological methods as a separate entity from adult language. In this chapter, I will present a survey of the literature concerning children's speech play and figurative language, and then I will provide a brief introduction to my work.