An Experimental Analysis of Children's Misunderstanding of Tautology
著者
山本, 尚子
(Yamamoto, Naoko)
奈良大学社会学部
版
publisher
出版地
奈良
出版者
奈良大学
上位タイトル
奈良大学紀要
(Memoirs of the Nara University).
No.47
(2019.
2)
,p.109-
118
識別番号
ISSN
03892204
抄録
There have been many experimental studies on children's abilities to understand figurative expressions such as metaphor and irony. However, no one has yet successfully explained the children's performance in comprehending tautology, i.e. A is A (≒Japanese A wa A (da) ) . Using Yamamoto's (2018) experimental data on Japanese schoolchildren, this paper examines children’s misunderstanding of tautology. I claim that children fail at all of the three steps proposed in Winner's (1988) scheme, and the lack of the ability to read another's intentions places constraints on tautological comprehension. This leads to the conclusion that the process of interpreting tautology requires higher processing competence.
