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Argaman, Osnat – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2010
The purpose of this experiment is to explore possible relationships between the intensity of emotions and the lexical modalities for expressing those emotions. In this experiment, 60 Hebrew-speaking subjects were asked to watch four short films that aroused emotion. Two of the films gave rise to different degrees of happiness, and two produced…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Films, Psychological Patterns, Experiments
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Andreou, Georgia; Galantomos, Ioannis – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2009
In this article we argue that conceptual competence should be seen as a component of second language (L2) communicative competence. Abstract concepts are highly expressed by means of metaphors, metonymies, idioms and other types of figurative language. In literature it is suggested that knowledge and appropriate use of these lexical segments are…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Figurative Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Greek