First and second language child speakers of Afrikaans’s knowledge of figurative language

This article reports on a study that compared the knowledge of figurative language in first (L1) and second language (L2) speakers of Afrikaans, aged 8 to 10. To assess comprehension of figurative language, 25 idioms were initially presented without context; only if the child gave an incorrect inter...

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Main Authors: Van der Merwe, Kristin, Southwood, Frenette
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2008-12-01
Series:Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
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Online Access:http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/39

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