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- Title
A Matching Model-Based Approach to Metaphor Transfer in SLA.
- Authors
Dong, Baohua
- Abstract
This study investigated the metaphor transfer among 75 Chinese EFL students from Sichuan International Studies University and focused on L1's role in the acquisition of L2 metaphor. The study proposes a new cross-language matching model between metaphorical concepts and their linguistic forms. Using a multiple choice metaphor test administered to a group of graduate English majors and a group of undergraduate non-English majors, the study found that the cross-language matching model between the conceptual basis and its linguistic form is one of the main factors influencing L2 metaphor comprehension, and that such influences will dwindle with the accretion of language proficiency. Although there is still a long way to go before the establishment of a L2 metaphorically conceptual system, the study takes several steps toward a better understanding of metaphor transfer in language acquisition.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE acquisition; METAPHOR; LANGUAGE ability; LINGUISTIC models; COMPREHENSION
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics (De Gruyter), 2014, Vol 37, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
2192-9505
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/cjal-2014-0005