17.1595, Books: Language Acquisition/Semantics: Littlemore, Low

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Date: 24-May-2006
From: Palgrave Macmillan < palgravemacmillan at palgrave.com >
Subject: Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning: Littlemore,
Low 

	
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:09:04
From: Palgrave Macmillan < palgravemacmillan at palgrave.com >
Subject: Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning: Littlemore, Low 
 



Title: Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
	   http://www.palgrave.com
	

Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403996024 


Author: Jeanette Littlemore, University of Birmingham
Author: Graham D. Low, University of York

Hardback: ISBN: 1403996024 Pages: 264 Price: U.K. £ 50


Abstract:

Many of the vocabulary items that foreign language learners encounter 
involve figurative extensions of meaning. For example, bottleneck, hard-
headed and getting a foot in the door all involve figurative extensions of 
parts of the body. To understand words and expressions such as these, 
language learners often need to employ figurative thinking. This book 
examines the nature of figurative thinking, considers its contribution to 
communicative language ability, and explores the implications for language 
teaching and learning.

'This ground-breaking book presents a lucid and persuasive argument for 
the centrality of figurative thinking in language learning and 
communicative competence. Contributing to both theory and practice, 
Jeannette Littlemore and Graham Low help shift language teaching and 
learning away from a dull emphasis on the transactional. The book is a 
major addition to a current paradigm shift in language teaching and 
applied linguistic theory, helping to bring the creative and playful 
centre stage, and making the task of language learning more fulfilling and 
rewarding in the process.' - Professor Guy Cook, The Open University, UK 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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