Proverb comprehension in youth: The role of concreteness and familiarity

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-176

  Nippold, Marilyn A ^a   Haq, Faridah Serajul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Figurative language; Language development; Proverbs; School age children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHORISMS AND PROVERBS; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029936386     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3901.166     Document Type: Article

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