Metaphor in Foreign Language Instruction /

Metaphor in Foreign Language Instruction / / ed. by Ana María Piquer-Píriz, Rafael Alejo-González.

Exploring the role that metaphor plays in our linguistic and conceptual systems from a Cognitive Linguistics (CL)-oriented perspective has attracted a great deal of attention for the past three decades. The analysis of the applications of some theoretical tenets of CL (mainly the notion of linguisti...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
MitwirkendeR:
Alejo-González, Rafael,
Boers, Frank,
Castellano-Risco, Irene,
García-Bermejo, Verónica,
Gibbs, Raymond W.,
Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto,
Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide,
Julich, Nina,
Krennmayr, Tina,
Leung, Danny,
Littlemore, Jeannette,
Low, Graham,
Nacey, Susan,
Philip, Gill,
Piquer-Píriz, Ana M.,
Pérez-Sobrino, Paula,
Saaty, Rawan A.,
Suárez-Campos, Laura,
Wang, Xinqing,
Warren, Paul,
HerausgeberIn:
Alejo-González, Rafael,
Piquer-Píriz, Ana María,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]
©2020
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] , 42
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 289 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Metaphor in L2 Instruction: Key Issues
  • Part I. Theoretical Considerations: Reviews and Perspectives
  • The Particularities of Metaphorical Experience: An Appreciation of Fiona MacArthur’s Metaphor Scholarship
  • Taking Stock after Three Decades: “On Teaching Metaphor” Revisited
  • Figurative Language and Young L2 Learners
  • Metaphor and Spanish as a Foreign Language
  • Part II. New Empirical Studies
  • Part II. 1. Learners’ Use and Knowledge of L2 Figurative language
  • Is Comfort Purple or Green? Word-colour Associations in the First and Second Language
  • Metaphorical Reasoning in Comprehension and Translation: An Analysis of Metaphor in Multiple Translations
  • Metaphorical Alignment in Cross-Cultural Office Hours’ Consultations
  • Development of L2 Metaphorical Production
  • Measuring Secondary-School L2 Learners Vocabulary Knowledge: Metaphorical Competence as Part of General Lexical Competence
  • Part II. 2. Fostering Knowledge of L2 Figurative Language
  • Using Literal Underpinnings to Help Learners Remember Figurative Idioms: Does the Connection Need to Be Crystal Clear?
  • “The Manage of Two Kingdoms Must”: An Analysis of Metaphor in Two CLIL Textbooks
  • An Enactment-Based Approach to the Teaching of Metaphoric Expressions: A Case of Saudi EFL Learners
  • Subject Index

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