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Tianfang Wang – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Conceptual Metaphor (CM; e.g., Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999; Kovecses, 2020) is central to our thinking and ubiquitously manifested in our language. Given its importance, the teaching of conceptual metaphors has gained much attention in Cognitive Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. While most empirical studies have focused on specific aspects…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Concept Formation
Dinh, Truong My Hanh – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation uses the Conceptual Blending Hypothesis from the socio-cognitive method presented and refined by Kecskes (2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2020) to explain how the lexical choice of bilinguals differs across sociocultural situations. Quantitative (lexical density, lexical diversity, and lexical sophistication) and qualitative (lexical…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Gil Berrio, Yohana – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A growing number of studies has shown that collaborative writing tasks facilitate second language (L2) development by providing learners with opportunities to focus their attention on language and to collaborate in the solution of their language-related problems (e.g., Choi & Iwashita, 2016; Storch, 2013; Swain & Lapkin, 1998; Williams,…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Pretests Posttests, Collaborative Writing
Garcia Frazier, Elena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study analyzed how six Heritage language learners at the university level gained conscious awareness and control of the concept of modality as revealed in student verbalizations (Vygotsky, 1998) throughout five different written communicative events. This work took place in the only course designed for Heritage language learners at a large…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Heritage Education, Grammar, Bilingualism
Lee, Hyewon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In recent years, L2 researchers from the sociocultural and cognitive linguistic perspectives have emphasized the importance of properly organized explicit and in-depth grammar instruction for second or foreign language learning. Such instruction is believed to lead learners to systematic understanding of the target features faster and more…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure, Verbs