Strengths and Weaknesses of the Available Theoretical Models Regarding Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) in Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Javier Julian Enriquez

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Strengths and Weaknesses of the Available Theoretical Models Regarding Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) in Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Javier Julian Enriquez

Published in Science Research (Volume 11, Issue 6)

Received: 5 October 2023 Accepted: 23 October 2023 Published: 28 December 2023

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Abstract

Conceptual metaphors underlie significant aspects of language, thought, culture, and expressive action in SLA, but there are still many unanswered questions. We believe that there is still a lack of research for this view, even though empirical evidence from Cognitive Linguistics and related disciplines has emerged in this field currently. Especially, a study of empirical evidence that might provide us with a very innovative, epistemological, and theoretical framework for further research, which would explore new approaches within existing frameworks of practice and thinking to put to work in the classroom setting. We are intent in this paper, then, on delving into directly related corpus-based research, on the one hand, which concerns uptake of English metaphors by SLA learners. On the other, our study focuses on the indirect research, both corpus-driven and based, which deals with evaluation of students, teachers, and by learners and educators, which in turn affects the learning progress. Our approach will be discourse analysis and we will employ methods that provide insight into the interpretation and empirical analysis of the literature in this area of study as well as an attempt to provide an explanation and context.

Published in	Science Research (Volume 11, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.sr.20231106.13
Page(s)	144-151
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Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Second Language Acquisition, Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis

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