Idiom comprehension in child language

[Bruno Estigarribia]

Dear Huseyin,

I would say if you are working on idioms, do not forget to check 
Nunberg, Sag, and Wasow's (1994) paper in Language, titled "Idioms". It 
is available online if you google it. Tom Wasow used to say that was the 
best paper he'd ever written. Although it doesn't deal with child 
language per se, you absolutely must read it in order to understand 
issues such as compositionality, conventionality, and the interpretation 
of different kinds of idioms.
Bruno Estigarribia
>
> Dear Huseyin.
>
> I think you will find the following paper useful:
>
> Berman, R.A. & D. Ravid. 2010. Interpretation and recall of proverbs 
> in three pre-adolescent populations. /First Language/, 30, 155-173.
>
> Dorit Ravid
>
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> Dear all,
>
> First of all, I would like to express my excitement about posting my 
> first question in this group (Of course, after reading the older posts).
>
> I have been reading about Prototype Theory of Eleanor Rosch, which is 
> the point of departure for my M.A thesis, within the frame of child 
> language development. Then I suddenly found myself trying to design 
> steps for (an) experiment(s) in idiom comprehension. I am partly aware 
> of the literature in figurative language processing (thanks to the 
> comprehensive chapter by Gibbs and Colston in 
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123693747). So my 
> questions are as follows:
>
>   * What is the direction of research in idiom comprehension in child
>     language?
>   * Could you suggest me some seminal works in idiom comprehension, or
>     more generally figurative language?
>   * Is there anyone to help me revise my experimental design?
>   * What kind of an effect could prototypicality of concepts in idioms
>     have on children's comprehension? (Feel free to share your
>     criticism or advice, if you prefer to look at this research
>     question from another perspective.)
>   * A third research field having just popped into my mind is child
>     directed speech. In what way can I integrate it into my research?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Huseyin
>
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