The Point Of Words
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| Originally published | 1988 |
| Authors | Ellen Winner |
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| ID | 2057441 |
About The Point Of Words
A small child looks at a dripping faucet and says that it is drooling. " Another calls a centipede a "comb. " An older child notices the mess in his younger brother's room and says, "Wow, it sure is neat in here. " Children's spontaneous speech is rich in such creative, nonliteral discourse. . . .