Children’s Metaphor Comprehension and Production

• Authors: Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

Abstracts

EN

This article demonstrates the results of the educational project “Word Art Awareness,” which was established in some primary schools in a metropolitan environment (Lodz, Poland). The aim of the study was to identify 8 – 9 and 9 – 10-year-old children’s knowledge of the following topic: target domain of the metaphorical mapping (JOY, SADNESS, LOVE, HATRED, FEAR) as well as childlike metaphorical accomplishments related to identification of similarities and diff erences between destination domain and source metaphor domain through the process of educational environment construction. In designed didactical intervention operations, research data resulted from participant observation, focus interview, and children’s production analysis (graphical visualization, paired-associate learning tasks and tests of unfinished tasks). Research findings show children’s preferences related to the translation of one metaphor discipline through another one as well as construction strategies related to children’s knowledge about the emotional aspect and feelings. Moreover, findings suggest the need for a broader understanding of educational environments in Polish educational culture.

Keywords

EN

children’s metaphorical predispositions; target domain; target domain of metaphorical mapping; knowledge construction; educational environment; educational culture

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 48
• Pages: 87-99

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2017.48.2.07

Biblioteka Nauki

1998211