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This study is an extension of a previous research conducted by Sofu & Dönük (2011) to answer the research questions as for the acquisition of noun-verb collocations. In terms of the procedure of the previous study and the current research, the raw data obtained from the four children periodically and transcribed into the written format have been processed through some tests to answer the extended research question for the strategies used during the acquisition of noun-verb collocations. The research has revealed that the four children use syntactic and semantic bootstrapping very often, and scaffolding they receive from the other people during the recording might have diverted the flow of the conversation towards the verb bias or noun bias. Moreover, the research has unfolded that the use of NPs as the most frequent, VAVs and TLVs respectively, imply that these word forms should be included in the education materials and school curriculums in line with their frequency and order of acquisition.

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