Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning

by Jeannette Littlemore, Graham Low, Graham D. Low

Book Overview

Many of the vocabulary items that foreign language learners encounter involve figurative extensions of meaning. For example, bottleneck, hard-headed and getting a foot in the door all involve figurative extensions of parts of the body. To understand words and expressions such as these, language learners often need to employ figurative thinking. This book examines the nature of figurative thinking, considers its contribution to communicative language...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403996024
• ISBN13: 9781403996022
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 8.8"