Developing metaphorical awareness and competence in Chinese as a foreign language through concept‐based instruction

Liu, Shuyuan; Hsieh, Chen-Yu

doi:10.1111/flan.12483

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“…The pervasiveness of figurative language in everyday communication also raises the importance of metaphor instruction in language classrooms. Language learners can benefit from explicit teaching of figurative language from the early stages of their education (Galantomos, 2018;Gutiérrez Pérez, 2018;Liu & Hsieh, 2020). The CEFR metaphor descriptors for levels A2 to C2 developed by Littlemore et al (2014) can prove helpful in that regard.…”

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The effect of gender and language proficiency on the metaphor use in the writing of TEFL students

Fattahi

Nushi

2021

Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ.

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The ubiquitous nature of metaphor in everyday life and its significance in second language learning has triggered plethoric research on the relationship between metaphor and language learning. To contribute to the still growing literature, the current study explore the effect of learner variables, namely gender and proficiency, on metaphor use in TEFL students’ writing. To achieve that objective, 27 intermediate and 23 upper-intermediate Iranian TEFL students were asked to write on an IELTS Writing Task 2 topic. Fifty essays were analyzed for metaphor use through Metaphor Identification Procedure (Pragglejaz Group in Metaphor Symb 22(1):1–39, 2007) and Vehicle Identification Procedure (Cameron in Metaphor in educational discourse, Continuum, London, 2003). The data analyzed through t-test and multiple regression analysis revealed the advantage of upper-intermediate students over intermediate students concerning metaphor use in their writing. Gender, on the other hand, did not play an influential role in the students’ metaphor use. The findings of this research and the implications they might have for the field of English language teaching will be discussed.

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The effect of gender and language proficiency on the metaphor use in the writing of TEFL students

Fattahi

Nushi

2021

Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ.

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“…According to Kovecses (2008), a metaphor is a way of understanding an idea through understanding it through the lens of other concepts. According to Liu and Hsieh's (2020) statement, "Metaphor has long been seen as the most important from figurative language use and is typically seen as attaining its most advanced forms in literary or poetic language." In other words, metaphor is described as the most significant aspect of using language style and reaches the greatest form in writing or literary language.…”

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How Metaphors in Linguistic Studies Shape a Linguistic Identity (Bagaimana Metafora Dalam Studi Linguistik Membentuk Identitas Linguistik)

Subagiharti¹

2023

gramatika

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In linguistic studies, one element that needs to be considered is how metaphor functions as an identity. Using words or word combinations in a manner that is not intended to convey their literal meaning is an example of a metaphor. Because of this, we can deduce that metaphor possesses a linguistic identity and functions as a point of view. This study uses qualitative research, which refers to research that does not get its findings via statistical processes or other types of calculation. The research in question processes pliable and malleable sorts of data. This makes it possible to adjust the data structure while the research is still in progress. The study's findings indicate that metaphor can be described as a disclosure of something that has a figurative meaning. That metaphor is linked to other types of figurative language, such as metonymy and personification. Metaphors can be studied as a branch of linguistics and analyzed based on the elements of sentences or the structures of sentences. It has been demonstrated via the study of languages that the components of metaphors consist of literal expressions as well as imaginative ones that are metaphorical.

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“…By relating abstract concepts to these broad categories, we can better understand them. This is because we have a strong familiarity with how we interact with objects, living organisms, and people, and this familiarity serves as the basis for the metaphorical mappings [14].…”

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Metaphorical Mapping of Spatial Prepositions IN, ON, AT Based on Image Schema Theory

Jiang¹,

Chen²

2023

IJEH

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Based on the theory of image schema, this paper constructs a metaphorical mapping mechanism of the spatial prepositions ‘IN, ON, and AT’ from spatial to non-spatial categories. It is found that they have differences in their basic spatial concepts that IN represents a three-dimensional concept of ‘body’, ON refers to a two-dimensional concept of ‘plane’, and AT shows a zero-dimensional concept of ‘point’. In addition, after metaphorical mapping, the spatial differences are equally applied to the non-spatial concepts of IN, ON, and AT.

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Developing metaphorical awareness and competence in Chinese as a foreign language through concept‐based instruction

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

The effect of gender and language proficiency on the metaphor use in the writing of TEFL students

The effect of gender and language proficiency on the metaphor use in the writing of TEFL students

How Metaphors in Linguistic Studies Shape a Linguistic Identity (Bagaimana Metafora Dalam Studi Linguistik Membentuk Identitas Linguistik)

Metaphorical Mapping of Spatial Prepositions IN, ON, AT Based on Image Schema Theory

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