The Development of Simile Comprehension: From Similarity to Scalar Implicature

Autor/inn/en	Long, Madeleine; Shukla, Vishakha; Rubio-Fernandez, Paula
Titel	The Development of Simile Comprehension: From Similarity to Scalar Implicature
Quelle	In: Child Development, 92 (2021) 4, S.1439-1457 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rubio-Fernandez, Paula)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13507
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Pragmatics; Preschool Children; Child Language; Language Acquisition; Child Development; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Kindesentwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Similes require two different pragmatic skills: appreciating the intended similarity and deriving a scalar implicature (e.g., "Lucy is like a parrot" normally implies that Lucy is not a parrot), but previous studies overlooked this second skill. In Experiment 1, preschoolers (N = 48; ages 3-5) understood "X is like a Y" as an expression of similarity. In Experiment 2 (N = 99; ages 3-6, 13) and Experiment 3 (N = 201; ages 3-5 and adults), participants received metaphors ("Lucy is a parrot") or similes ("Lucy is like a parrot") as clues to select one of three images (a parrot, a girl or a parrot-looking girl). An early developmental trend revealed that 3-year-olds started deriving the implicature "X is not a Y," whereas 5-year-olds performed like adults. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01