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Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning This page intentionally left blank Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning Jeannette Littlemore University of Birmingham and Graham Low University of York © Jeannette Littlemore and Graham Low2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-9602-2 All rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988,or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-54499-8 ISBN 978-0-230-62756-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230627567 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Littlemore,Jeannette. Figurative thinking and foreign language learning / Jeannette Littlemore and Graham Low. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-54499-8 1.Figures of speech–Study and teaching.2.Metaphor–Study and teaching.3.Languages,Modern–Study and teaching.4.Thought and thinking.I.Low,Graham.II.Title. P301.5.F53L58 2006 808.0071––dc22 2005057508 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 For Dan, Joe, Oscar, Ros, Chris and Paul, with love This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables ix List of Figures x List of Boxes xi Acknowledgements xii Introduction xiv Part I Figurative Thinking 1 What is ‘Figurative Thinking’? 3 2 Why is Figurative Thinking Important for Foreign Language Learners? 23 3 Psychological Processes Underlying Figurative Thinking 45 4 Developing Learner Autonomy in Figurative Thinking 68 Part II Figurative Thinking and Communicative Language Ability 5 Figurative Thinking and Sociolinguistic Competence 89 6 Figurative Thinking and Illocutionary Competence 112 7 Figurative Thinking and Textual Competence 133 8 Figurative Thinking and Lexico-Grammatical Competence 156 9 Strategic Competence 177 vii viii Contents Part III Conclusions 10 Promoting Figurative Language Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom 197 Notes 212 References 215 Index 234 List of Tables 6.1 Extract from grammar debate 121 6.2 Extract from a student debate about Government intervention employing the metaphor THE ECONOMY IS A PLANT 123 6.3 Extract from the debate in which students were asked to reach a consensus 124 6.4 Extract from the debate about the economy in which students merged the source and target domains 125 6.5 The six idioms and the contexts to which students were asked to adapt them 131 8.1 Literal and figurative ‘leak’ 174 8.2 Seeing and looking over 175 ix
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