英语翻译First,the relationship between comprehension of figurati

英语翻译
First,the relationship between comprehension of figurative expressions (either novel metaphors or metonyms) and chronological age (CA) were assessed by modelling developmental trajectories for each group.When CA explained a significant amount of variance of metaphor and/or metonymy comprehension,the trajectories from the WS group were compared to those from TD group using cross-sectional ANCOVA tests.This allowed investigation of any developmental differences between the groups for the onset of development,i.e.,differences at the youngest age measured,and rate of development.Next,the development of metaphor versus metonymy comprehension was compared within each group using a repeated measures design.In the second phase,these analyses were repeated but trajectories were constructed plotting percentage scores for novel
M&M comprehension scores against performance on each of the background measures,in order to investigate whether mental age (MA) abilities were a better predictor for performance.Similar to previous studies,raw scores for ToWK,instead of the MA equivalents,were used when plotting performance on M&M against these cognitive abilities,in order to maximise sensitivity and amount of data entered in the analyses (Van Herwegen,Rundblad,Davelaar,& Annaz,2011).Finally,in order to ensure that none of the results reported below were caused by performance at floor (i.e.,the lowest score available) and ceiling level (i.e.,highest score available) each of the analyses was repeated excluding performance at floor- and ceiling level.Only when excluding these scores changed the results these analyses will be reported.