29.1103, Diss: Applied Linguistics: Joseph George Tomei: ''Using Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the Production of Figurative Language in Low-Intermediate Japanese Learners of English''

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Subject: 29.1103, Diss: Applied Linguistics: Joseph George Tomei: ''Using Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the Production of Figurative Language in Low-Intermediate Japanese Learners of English''

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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:21:57
From: Joseph Tomei [jtomei at kumagaku.ac.jp]
Subject: Using Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the Production of Figurative Language in Low-Intermediate Japanese Learners of English

 
Institution: University of Birmingham 
Program: Applied Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2018 

Author: Joseph George Tomei

Dissertation Title: Using Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the
Production of Figurative Language in Low-Intermediate
Japanese Learners of English 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics


Dissertation Director(s):
Jeannette Littlemore

Dissertation Abstract:

It has been over 35 years since the publication of Reddy's 1979 study of the
metaphors for communication, an article that could be said to mark the
starting point of Conceptual Metaphor Theory. However, despite the
understanding that metaphor and figurative language are fundamental to
language, in that time there has been little progress in introducing metaphor
into the L2 classroom, especially at lower levels.

This thesis argues that learners at this level have figurative resources that
have not yet been acknowledged, but could be key elements in developing an L2
metaphor pedagogy. To explore this possibility, a mixed methods investigation
of the effect of multimodal writing prompts based on extended metaphors was
conducted with two cohorts of low-intermediate Japanese university students.
The mixed methods data analysis revealed not only that the presentation of one
extended metaphor could 'activate' metaphorical knowledge of other extended
metaphors and induce the production of metaphoric language, but that
multimodal material provides an as yet unexploited resource for an L2 metaphor
pedagogy.




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