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The Interplay of Cross-Linguistic Differences and Context in L2 Idiom Comprehension

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Suñer F., Université catholique de Louvain L., ferran.suner@uclouvain.be
Research in Language
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2018
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vol. 16
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issue 4
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The present study investigates to what extent the effect of cross-linguistic differences on L2 idiom comprehension is modulated by the presence of a context. Sixty students of German as a foreign language (L1 French) completed a comprehension test consisting of metaphorical idioms in the L2 that differed from their L1 equivalents conceptually and formally and were presented with or without context. The results show that an increasing degree of conceptual and formal distance as well as the absence of context are generally associated with lower performance in the idiom comprehension test. However, the analysis of interactions shows that the presence of the context was especially supportive for conceptually different items, whereas the facilitative effect of formal similarity considerably diminished with increasing conceptual distance.
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The Interplay of Cross-Linguistic Differences and Context in L2 Idiom Comprehension

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Suñer F.
Research in Language
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2018
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vol. 16
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issue 4
495-513
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The present study investigates to what extent the effect of cross-linguistic differences on L2 idiom comprehension is modulated by the presence of a context. Sixty students of German as a foreign language (L1 French) completed a comprehension test consisting of metaphorical idioms in the L2 that differed from their L1 equivalents conceptually and formally and were presented with or without context. The results show that an increasing degree of conceptual and formal distance as well as the absence of context are generally associated with lower performance in the idiom comprehension test. However, the analysis of interactions shows that the presence of the context was especially supportive for conceptually different items, whereas the facilitative effect of formal similarity considerably diminished with increasing conceptual distance.
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Kompetencje metaforyczne uczniów w wieku wczesnoszkolnym

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Sala-Suszyńska J.
Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne
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2015
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issue 4(19)
201-210
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The ability to understand and produce metaphors is thought to reflect an individual’s cognitive level, creativity, abstract reasoning ability and linguistic competence. Unlike early emerging language forms whose acquisition is complete by the time children enter school, the understanding and use metaphors steadily improve throughout childhood, adolescence and into adulthood. Measures od metaphoric competence thus provide a measure of children’s developing conceptual and linguistic abilities throughout the school years (Friemoth, Kamhi 2001: 476). It has been suggested that child metaphors are a reflection on the language of an underlying transfer of knowledge from one conceptual domain to another similar to the kind of transfer of knowledge occurring in adults. Such a view of metaphor is consistent with domain-specific theories of conceptual development which claim that children begin by acquiring knowledge in a few domains which is later differentiated or transferred to other domains (Vosniadou 1986: 52). In the article, I want to present types of metaphors, theories of conceptual development of children and metaphoric competence. Moreover, I emphasize the teacher’s role in forming linguistic competence of pupils.
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La competencia metafórica y la didáctica del español/L2

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Martín-Gascón B.
Studia Romanica Posnaniensia
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2023
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vol. 50
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issue 3
67-83
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This study aims to examine the role of metaphor in the process of teaching and learning a second language (L2), more specifically, L2 Spanish. As part of one of the most popular research lines in the field of Ap- plied Linguistics, i.e., L2 teaching and learning, this research is based on a Cognitive Linguistics approach to language. It presents metaphors not as mere stylistic and rhetorical mechanisms, but as critical components of everyday language and fundamental mechanisms of conceptualization of the world (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). After providing a summary of the literature exploring the relationship between metaphor and L2 pedagogy and learning, focusing on conceptual metaphor theory and metaphorical competence, we will present the results of a case study with intermediate learners. The empirical investigation exam- ines whether their metaphoric competence is enhanced after the intervention and whether there is a relationship between learners’ general metaphorical competence and linguistic competence –comprehension and production– of a complex metaphorical linguistic construction that expresses emotions.
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The study of conceptual metaphors in ESAP L2 writing: range and variability

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Permyakova T., Utkina T.
Research in Language
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2016
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vol. 14
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issue 4
437-451
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The article presents the study of the influence of professional competence of EFL learners on their academic writing. The task was approached through analyzing learners’ competence in specific knowledge domains - knowledge of terms and specific concepts, represented as conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphor models were analyzed in the English written texts produced by Russian students with different competences in economics – at both non-professional and professional levels of academic discourse (NPAD and PAD respectively). Metaphor Identification Procedure VU University Amsterdam (MIPVU) was applied to metaphor identification, and alternative metaphor and preferential conceptualization analysis was performed to compare the scope of source and the range of target in NPAD and PAD. Findings highlight the areas of commonality as well as divergence in terms of students’ professional competence represented in conceptual metaphors in L2 writing. The main differences in the scope of the source analysis are quantitative rather than qualitative. The range of target comparison between NPAD and PAD indicates a significantly larger range of targets for the professional level students, a lower level of metaphorization for the non-professional level, and inclusive strategies across the two levels. Practical recommendations suggest an improved research methodology for studying metaphor production in EAP and ESP as well as a deeper understanding of ESP content and its structure.
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