The development of metaphorical language comprehension in typical development and in Williams syndrome

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 99-114

  Thomas, Michael S C ^a   Van Duuren, Mike ^b   Purser, Harry R M ^a   Mareschal, Denis ^a   Ansari, Daniel ^c   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Categorization; Cognitive development; Conceptual development; Language; Metaphor; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LITERATURE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; METAPHOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 77950861269     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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