LINGUIST List 29.1103
Mon Mar 12 2018
Diss: Applied Linguistics: Joseph George Tomei: ''Using Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the Production of Figurative Language in Low-Intermediate Japanese Learners of English''
Editor for this issue: Sarah Robinson <srobinsonlinguistlist.org>
Date: 06-Mar-2018
From: Joseph Tomei <jtomei
kumagaku.ac.jp>
Subject: Using
Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the Production of Figurative Language
in Low-Intermediate Japanese Learners of English
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Program: Applied Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date:
2018
Author: Joseph George Tomei
Dissertation Title: Using
Multimodal Extended Metaphor Prompts to Induce the Production of Figurative Language
in Low-Intermediate Japanese Learners of English
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Dissertation Director:
Jeannette Littlemore
Dissertation Abstract:
It has been over 35 years since the publication
of Reddy's 1979 study of the metaphors for communication, an article that could be
said to mark the starting point of Conceptual Metaphor Theory. However, despite the
understanding that metaphor and figurative language are fundamental to language, in
that time there has been little progress in introducing metaphor into the L2
classroom, especially at lower levels.
This thesis argues that
learners at this level have figurative resources that have not yet been
acknowledged, but could be key elements in developing an L2 metaphor pedagogy. To
explore this possibility, a mixed methods investigation of the effect of multimodal
writing prompts based on extended metaphors was conducted with two cohorts of
low-intermediate Japanese university students. The mixed methods data analysis
revealed not only that the presentation of one extended metaphor could 'activate'
metaphorical knowledge of other extended metaphors and induce the production of
metaphoric language, but that multimodal material provides an as yet unexploited
resource for an L2 metaphor pedagogy.
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