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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Huseyin,<br>
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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.<br>
Bruno Estigarribia<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear
Huseyin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
think you will find the following paper useful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Berman,
R.A. & D. Ravid. 2010. Interpretation and recall of
proverbs in three pre-adolescent populations. <i>First
Language</i>, 30, 155-173.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dorit
Ravid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:huysal9@gmail.com">huysal9@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Idiom comprehension in child language<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#444444">Dear
all,<br>
<br>
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).<br>
<br>
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 <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123693747">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123693747</a>).
So my questions are as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">What
is the direction of research in idiom comprehension in
child language?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Could
you suggest me some seminal works in idiom
comprehension, or more generally figurative language?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Is
there anyone to help me revise my experimental design?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">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.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">A
third research field having just popped into my mind is
child directed speech. In what way can I integrate it
into my research?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#444444">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#444444">Huseyin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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