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Direct linkOuellet, Marc; Santiago, Julio; Funes, Maria Jesus; Lupianez, Juan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2010
Previous studies have shown that past and future temporal concepts are spatially represented (past being located to the left and future to the right in a mental time line). This study aims at further investigating the nature of this space-time conceptual metaphor, by testing whether the temporal reference of words orient spatial attention or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Perspective, Figurative Language, Semantics
Peer reviewedBoers, Frank; Demecheleer, Murielle – ELT Journal, 1998
Prepositions have different but related senses. In cognitive semantics, figurative senses are extended from spatial senses through conceptual metaphors. Pedagogically, it is useful to draw learners' attention to those aspects of a preposition's spatial sense that are especially relevant for its metaphorization. Ways in which cognitive semantic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
