Idiom comprehension in child language

[Nitya Sethuraman]

Hi Seyda,

I'd be very interested in receiving a copy of your Metaphors We Move By
paper, if you don't mind sharing.

Thank you,
Nitya

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Seyda Ozcaliskan <seyda at gsu.edu> wrote:

>  ​Hi Huseyin,
>
> I have done some work on young children's (ages 2-6) metaphor
> comprehension, using the conceptual metaphor theory as a framework, and
> will be happy to share my papers with you if you are interested.  My email
> is: seyda at gsu.edu
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Seyda
>
>
>
>
>  Şeyda Özçalışkan, PhD
>
> Georgia State University
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> Department of Psychology
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> *Subject:* Idiom comprehension in child language
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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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