Arabic-L:LING:Children Understanding Metaphor responses

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Date: 19 Nov 2007
From:Nimat Hafez Barazangi <nhb2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Children Understanding Metaphor response

Dear Faridah,

Are you writing a paper, or conducting a research?

If the latter, please consult resources on first language acquisition  
of Arabic available through Google search engine :
<<http://www.google.com//search?hl=en&rls=SUNA,SUNA: 
2006-32,SUNA:en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=first+language 
+acquisition+of+arabic&spell=1>first language acquisition<http:// 
www.google.com//search?hl=en&rls=SUNA,SUNA: 
2006-32,SUNA:en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=first+language 
+acquisition+of+arabic&spell=1> of arabic>,  such as http://www.eself- 
learning-arabic.cornell.edu/publications/NHB_AlArabiyah_1999.pdf.

In addition, you may want to consult specific research/writings on  
the sociocultural aspects of language acquisition, such as the  
Sociocultural theory and second language learning by James P.  
Lantolf. Although the focus is on second language, the book discusses  
the issue of metaphor as well as the nature of research conducted.

Obviously, the age group and the characteristics of the sample will  
depend on the goal and the scope of research.

I hope that this will help, Best wishes,

Nimat Hafez Barazangi

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Date: 19 Nov 2007
From:"samar" <moushabeck at hotmail.com>
Subject:Children Understanding Metaphor response

Dear Faridah,
My name is Samar, I have 2 children, 11 and 13 year old boys.  I have  
been
using Arabic and English with them as we live in the USA.  I must  
say, that
I have been using metaphors with them all along, but only recently;  
in the
past three years, I noticed that they actually understand it.

I would be very interested in your paper, if you don't mind keeping  
me in
the loop.
With 1000 thanks to you and good luck!

Samar

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