30.2907, Books: Acquiring Metaphorical Expressions in a Second Language: Mengying Xia

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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:16:38
From: Lianna Iwanikiw [lianna.iwanikiw at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Acquiring Metaphorical Expressions in a Second Language: Mengying Xia

 


Title: Acquiring Metaphorical Expressions in a Second Language 
Subtitle: Performance by Chinese Learners of English 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
	   http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
	

Book URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/acquiring-metaphorical-expressions-in-a-second-language-9781350071797/ 


Author: Chris Mengying Xia

Electronic: ISBN:  9781350071810 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 102.60 Comment: ePUB
Electronic: ISBN:  9781350071803 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 102.60 Comment: ePDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781350071797 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 95.00


Abstract:

Conventional metaphorical expressions are widely used by native speakers in
everyday language and have received extensive attention in theoretical
semantics and cognitive linguistics. However, how a second language learner
can acquire those expressions is left largely unknown. Researchers and
language learners face the question: if one has acquired the literal meaning
of a word, can they automatically derive the metaphorical meaning?

This book provides the answer by placing the question of acquisition of
metaphorical expressions in the framework of bilingual lexicon. Assessing
whether metaphorical expressions are taken for granted by second language
learners, it explores how the metaphorical meaning(s) of a word should be
connected in a learner's mental lexicon, and how the cross-linguistic
availability of a metaphorical expression could affect the outcome of
acquisition of that expression. The book also provides a detailed comparison
between metaphorical expressions and other figurative language from both the
theoretical and experimental perspectives.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition


Written In: English  (eng)

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