dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-12T18:56:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-12T18:56:44Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-08-22T22:48:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Köder, Franziska Falkum, Ingrid Lossius . Children's metonymy comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking and picture selection. Journal of Pragmatics. 2019, 1-15 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/75502 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper we investigate children's processing and comprehension of metonymy, a type of figurative use of language where an object or individual is referred to via a salient property (e.g., The beard used to refer to a man with a big beard). We tested 126 children aged 3 to 8 years and an adult control group, using a novel methodology which combines an online (eye-tracking) and an offline (picture selection) measure. The results from the picture selection task replicate the findings of a U-shape reported in Falkum et al. (2017), with a better performance of 3-year-olds compared to 4- to-5-year-olds, who tend to prefer literal interpretations of target metonymic utterances. The gaze data, however, while also suggesting an early sensitivity to metonymy from the age of 3, show a continuous improvement of understanding with age. We discuss the results in the light of theoretical accounts of children's pragmatic development. We argue that eye-tracking is a ‘purer’ and cognitively less demanding measure of figurative language comprehension, which sheds new light on children's developing pragmatic competence. | |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Children's metonymy comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking and picture selection | |
dc.title.alternative | NBNorsk, bokmålNorwegian, bokmålChildren's metonymy comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking and picture selection | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.creator.author | Köder, Franziska | |
dc.creator.author | Falkum, Ingrid Lossius | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,14,35,80 | |
cristin.unitname | Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1718160 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Journal of Pragmatics&rft.volume=&rft.spage=1&rft.date=2019 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | Journal of Pragmatics | |
dc.identifier.volume | 156 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 191 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 205 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.07.007 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-78516 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 0378-2166 | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/75502/4/1-s2.0-S0378216618305174-main.pdf | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |
dc.relation.project | NFR/240324 | |
dc.relation.project | NFR/223265 | |