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The point of words: Children's understanding of metaphor and irony. Ellen Winner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988. Pp. ix + 212.

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The point of words: Children's understanding of metaphor and irony. Ellen Winner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988. Pp. ix + 212.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Alyssa McCabe
Alyssa McCabe
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Harvard and Tufts Universities
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 123 - 127
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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