دورية أكاديمية
Metaphorical Conceptualizations of Language: Networks of Meanings and Meta-Functions
| العنوان: | Metaphorical Conceptualizations of Language: Networks of Meanings and Meta-Functions |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Cortazzi, Martin, Jin, Lixian |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies. Jan 2021 9(1):2-14. |
| الإتاحة: | Australian International Academic Centre PTY, LTD. 11 Souter Crescent, Footscray VIC 3011, Australia. Tel: +61-3-9028-6880; e-mail: support@aiac.org.au; Web site: http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/index |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2021 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Figurative Language, Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Aesthetics, Moral Values, Spiritual Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Socialization, Literacy, Linguistic Theory, Sociocultural Patterns, Affective Behavior, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Proverbs |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | Malaysia, China, Iran, United Kingdom |
| تدمد: | 2202-9478 |
| مستخلص: | This paper employs the innovative method of Elicited Metaphor Analysis to present original research in Malaysia into students' metaphors for 'language'. We summarize reasons why language and first/ second language learning are centrally important in education, and show patterned features of language metaphors in proverbs and in teacher talk about literacy. These may be one strand of student socialization into language-literacy conceptions. We then report our study of 408 university students in Malaysia who gave 977 metaphors for 'language'. Using a socio-cultural extension of conceptual metaphor theory from cognitive linguistics, we analyse these data into thematic clusters and metaphor networks of meanings. In student voices, this presents a surprisingly rich picture of language and shows evidence of linguistic meta-functions: student metaphors for language can be seen not only cognitively with affective and socio-cultural meta-functions, but also with moral-spiritual and aesthetic functions. These meta-functions accord with some educational theories. To show wider insider metaphor perspectives we cite our research with 'teacher' and 'learning' metaphors in Malaysia, and 'language' findings from China, Iran, Lebanon and the UK. The metaphor meanings and meta-functions broaden our conception of language as a medium of learning with strong implications for the teaching of languages and literacy. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1285699 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 2202-9478 |
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