Idiom comprehension in child language

[huysal9 at gmail.com]

Thank you Marilyn for the detailed list that you have compiled. definitely, 
I found the chapters quite comprehensive and they helped me see what was 
going on in the field in detail. I do appreciate your contribution.

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:39:19 PM UTC+3, nip... at uoregon.edu wrote:
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> Dear Huseyin,
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> Development of figurative language comprehension (including idioms) in 
> children, adolescents, and adults has been investigated for many years.
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> For a summary (current as of 2007), including discussion of theories of 
> development (e.g., metasemantic, language processing, language experience),
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> please see the following book:
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> Nippold, M. A. (2007). *Later language development: School-age children, 
> adolescents, and young adults* (Chapters 8-11). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed. 
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> In addition, I am attaching a list of articles that you might find useful.
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> Best wishes,
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> Marilyn Nippold
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> University of Oregon
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> USA
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> *Subject:* Idiom comprehension in child language
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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).
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> 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:
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>    - 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?
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> Thanks,
>
> Huseyin
>
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