Idiom comprehension in child language

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Dear Bruno,

Definitely, "Idioms" is one of the best seminal works introducing the basic 
concepts in idiom research, and it is nice to confirm it with Wasow's 
words...

I have just finished reading Nayak and Gibbs' Conceptual knowledge in the 
interpretation of idioms, and recommend it along with its review by Kreuz 
and Graesser.

Thanks

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 3:35:58 PM UTC+3, Bruno wrote:
>
>  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,
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> 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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