Comprehension and production of metaphors: a study with pre-school children

Authors

  • Alessandra Del Ré Universidade de São Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2000v3n1p79

Keywords:

Comprehension, metaphors, pre-school children.

Abstract

One of the aspects that draws the attention of researchers in relation to the child, specifically, is his lexical creativity, his ability to produce new words or, as stated by Figueira (1995), to coin them spontaneously, which he displays in his  speech since very young at age.

Author Biography

Alessandra Del Ré, Universidade de São Paulo.

Possui graduação em Português (1992), graduação em Lingüística (1993), e mestrado em Lingüística (1998) pela Universidade de São Paulo.

 

Published

2000-07-15

How to Cite

DEL RÉ, Alessandra. Comprehension and production of metaphors: a study with pre-school children. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 79–93, 2000. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2000v3n1p79. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/4476. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.