11.1253, Qs: Loanwords/Metaphors, References/L2 Acquisition

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Subject: 11.1253, Qs: Loanwords/Metaphors, References/L2 Acquisition

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1)
Date:  Sun, 04 Jun 2000 07:14:00 GMT
From:  "petek kurtboke" <pkurtboke at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Loanwords and metaphors

2)
Date:  Sun, 4 Jun 2000 09:09:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:  jstevens <jstevens at usc.edu>
Subject:  References:  L2 proficiency level and rate of SLA?

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Date:  Sun, 04 Jun 2000 07:14:00 GMT
From:  "petek kurtboke" <pkurtboke at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Loanwords and metaphors


1) In a recent study of Italian loanwords in the Bank of English (*) we have
come across an average culinary loan which has acquired metaphorical uses:

'spaghetti straps'
'spaghetti junction'
'spaghetti westerns' (?)

This seems a rare phenomenon however. Is anyone aware of research on
loanwords in relation to metaphor? Can anyone think of loans in their
language/s with metaphorical uses?

2) Has there been research on the Italian verb PIACERE?

pkurtboke at hotmail.com

(*) Petek Kurtboke and Liz Potter 2000 Cooccurrence Tendencies of Loanwords
in Corpora. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 5:1
(http://www.benjamins.nl/jbp/index.html)








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Date:  Sun, 4 Jun 2000 09:09:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:  jstevens <jstevens at usc.edu>
Subject:  References:  L2 proficiency level and rate of SLA?

Dear Colleagues:

I'm looking for references that address the issue of how L2 learners'
profiency level may relate to their rate of progress in the L2, especially
with respect to differences between the acquistion of grammar and
pronunciation.

Any orientation in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

John J. Stevens
University of Southern California
jstevens at scf.usc.edu

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