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Tianying, Li; Bogoyavlenskaya, Yulia V. – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study investigates the complex dynamics of semantic change and cultural adaptation of metaphor in multilingual communication. The research uses cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics to develop a model that explains the fundamental mechanisms of metaphorical expression and comprehension across languages and cultures. Using…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Multilingualism, Language Processing, Semantics
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Zheng, Shigao – English Language Teaching, 2012
To improve vocabulary learning and teaching in ELT settings, two questionnaires are designed and directed to more than 100 students and teachers in one of China's key universities. The findings suggest that an enhanced awareness of cultural difference, metaphorical competence, and learners' autonomy in vocabulary acquisition will effectively…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Style
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Tran, Huong Quynh – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigated the situation of teaching and learning idioms at a university level in Vietnam, a foreign language context. It also examined the evaluation of the idiom teaching process in three language classes over a 15-week period for pre-service teachers of English. The data were collected though questionnaires, in-depth interviews and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
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Garcia, Michael B.; Geiser, Lynne; McCawley, Corrine; Nilsen, Alleen Pace; Wolterbeek, Elle – English Journal, 2007
Four doctoral students and their professor contemplate the value of play in their high school and college classrooms. They discuss their experiences teaching children's books, student illustrations, and excerpts from magazines and newspapers that convey the intricacies of the English language through homonyms, homophones, homographs, and polysemy.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Play, Creativity