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Ahangar A A, Mazaheri M, SoltaniNezhad M. The Study of comparing Conceptual Metaphor of Persian-Speaking normal children and mentally-impaird Educable Children. Advances in Cognitive Sciences 2018; 19 (4) :28-42
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1- Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchistan
2- Associate Professor of Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchistan.
3- MA Student of English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchistan
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Introduction: The main purpose of the present research was to deal with a comparative study of conceptual metaphor between Persian speaking normal children and mentally-impaired educable children based on Lakoff and Johnson (1980) model. Method: The present research is a causal-comparative study.  Participants included 15 Persian speaking normal children of ordinary schools and 15 Persian speaking children with intellectual disabilities from exceptional schools of Jiroft city.  Sampling methods were available. The children were asked to complete a questionnaire to answer the  conceptual metaphor of the researcher. T-test and multivariate analysis were used to analyze and examine the research hypothesis to compare the mean of independent samples. Results: The results of this study showed that the mean of perception of conceptual metaphor was lower in children with intellectual disabilities than normal children (P<0.05). Conclusion: Mentally impaired children  had a different performance in the perception of conceptual metaphor in comparison to typically developing children.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/01/22 | Accepted: 2017/07/11 | Published: 2018/01/1

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