Metaphors in Learner English

Name: Metaphors in Learner English
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Erschienen am 21. November 2013

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Metaphors in Learner English
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Dedication page
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1
1. Foundations
1.1 Metaphor in language
1.2 Metaphor in thought
1.2.1 Metaphor processing
1.2.2 Metaphor vs. metonymy
1.3 Conceptual metaphor vs. linguistic metaphor
1.3.1 Metaphor vs. simile
1.3.2 Typology of metaphor
1.4 Metaphor in communication
1.4.1 Novel metaphor
1.4.2 Deliberate metaphor
1.5 Metaphoric competence
1.5.1 Metaphoric competence and pedagogical applications
1.6 Concluding remarks
2. Metaphor in Europe
2.1 Communicative competence
2.2 Communicative competence and the CEFR
2.3 Metaphor in the CEFR
2.3.1 Metaphor in metalanguage
2.3.2 Metaphor and communicative competence
2.3.3 Metaphor in the Norwegian version of the CEFR
2.3.4 'Idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms'
2.3.5 Figurative language in assessment scales
2.4 The Norwegian context
2.5 Concluding remarks
Part 2
3. Introduction to MIP(VU)
3.1 Overview of MIP
3.2 Pragglejaz versus MIP
3.3 MIP versus MIPVU
3.4 Concluding remarks
4. MIP(VU) in practice
4.1 Step 1: Understanding the general context
4.2 Step 2: Lexical units
4.2.1 Phrasal verbs
4.2.2 Polywords
4.2.3 Compounds
4.2.4 Proper nouns
4.3 Step 3a: Contextual meaning
4.4 Step 3b: Basic meaning
4.4.1 Role of dictionaries
4.4.2 The role of etymology
4.5 Step 3c: Sufficient distinction
4.6 Step 3d: Relation of comparison
4.7 Step 4: Final decision: What has really been identified?
5. Evaluation of MIP(VU)
5.1 Reliability
5.2 Overall evaluation
5.2.1 MIP(VU) and learner language
5.2.2 Drawbacks of MIP(VU)
5.2.3 Benefits of MIP(VU)
5.3 Concluding remarks
Part 3
6. Quantitative portrait of metaphors in learner language
6.1 Previous studies
6.2 Primary material: NICLE and LOCNESS
6.3 Metaphor frequency in the learner corpora
6.4 Interaction between metaphor, word class and L1
6.4.1 Word class and L1
6.4.2 Distribution of metaphor within word classes and L1
6.4.3 Metaphor across word classes and L1
6.5 Metaphor and degree of conventionality
6.5.1 Metaphor conventionality in the open and closed word classes
6.5.2 Metaphor conventionality, word class, and L1
6.6 Concluding remarks
7. Metaphorical creativity
7.1 What is creativity?
7.2 Metaphorical creativity
7.3 Bilinguals' creativity
7.3.1 Bilinguals' creativity in ESL English
7.3.2 Bilinguals' creativity in EFL English
7.3.3 Deficiency (in EFL/ESL English)
7.3.4 Difference (in ELF English)
7.4 Deliberate metaphors
7.4.1 Identifying deliberate metaphors
7.4.2 NICLE Deliberate metaphors: An overview
7.4.3 Extended metaphors
7.4.4 Mflags
7.4.5 Defective 'A = B' metaphors
7.4.6 Bridge metaphors
7.4.7 S-quotes
7.5 Novel metaphors
7.5.1 NICLE novel metaphors: An overview
7.5.2 L1 transfer and novelty
7.5.3 L1 transfer in NICLE
7.5.4 Other motivations for novel metaphor production
7.6 Concluding remarks
8. Prepositions
8.1 Traditional perspectives on prepositions and learner acquisition
8.2 Prepositions and metaphorical analysis
8.2.1 Crosslinguistic perspective on metaphorical use of prepositions
8.3 The basic meaning of prepositions
8.4 Crosslinguistic correspondence of basic meanings
8.5 Overview of prepositions in NICLE and LOCNESS
8.5.1 Congruence between L1 and L2
8.6 Case studies: 'to' and 'on'
8.7 Concluding remarks
Conclusions
Appendix
References
Non-English references
Corpora and corpus tools
Dictionaries
Documents
Miscellaneous
Name index
Subject index

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