32.3317, Books: Moving Across Languages: Hijazo-Gascón

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:14:35
From: Birgit Sievert [Birgit.Sievert at degruyter.com]
Subject: Moving Across Languages: Hijazo-Gascón

 


Title: Moving Across Languages 
Subtitle: Motion Events in Spanish as a Second Language 
Series Title: Applications of Cognitive Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110721072/html 


Author: Alberto Hijazo-Gascón

Electronic: ISBN:  9783110721072 Pages: 349 Price: U.S. $ 137.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9783110721027 Pages: 349 Price: U.S. $ 137.99


Abstract:

The book analyzes the complex relationship between languages in the bilingual
mind with a focus on motion event typology and the acquisition of Spanish as a
second language (L2).

The author starts out by examining L1 patterns which are transferred to less
complex L2 systems. The data discussed was elicited by German learners of
Spanish. A similar transfer is observed when L1 is typologically and
genetically close, as in the case of French and Italian learners of Spanish.
Furthermore, the author clarifies the relevance of intra-typological
differences within the same linguistic family, including important differences
in the lexicalization patterns of Italian with respect to French and Spanish.

The findings contribute to our understanding of the field of motion event
typology and thinking-for-speaking. The book demonstrates that conceptual
transfer is present in different aspects of the motion lexicalization domain.
Interestingly, there are some challenging aspects both for speakers whose
first language is typologically different and for those whose language is
typologically close. The book offers suggestions on how these challenges in
the restructuring of meaning in L2 can be addressed in language teaching.
Specifically, pedagogical translation and mediation present promising pathways
to the strengthening of semantic competences in the L2.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Semantics

Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa)


Written In: English  (eng)

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