QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERPRETATION OF PROVERBS BY CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2013, Vol 11, Issue 4
Abstract
The aim of this study is to formulate some statements about the components of information processing that define cognitive processes in the normal population, and about the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological basis of these pro cesses in the healthy brain.A proverb explanation task consisting of 10 expressions was administered to 185 individuals ranging in age from 7 to 18 years. The task was designed to examine how patterns of language development in adolescents (14, 17, and 18 years old) compare to those observed in children (7 and 11 years old).The interpretation of proverbs presented without a situational context changes with age. The proportion of statements indicating an understanding of the figurative meaning of proverbs and the ability to generalize them increases systematically, and the number of literal and unrelated statements, remaining in a loose or literal connection with the content of the proverb, decreases. On the other hand, the number of concrete statements, in which the subject uses an example or illustration to explain the symbolic meaning of the proverb, often referring to their own experience, varies slightly from 11 to 18 years of age.The study contributes to a small but growing body of information concerning later language development, and may have some important implications for the assessment of figurative language comprehension and language impairments.
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Małgorzata Kostka-Szymańska, Katarzyna Wiejak
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