Applying Cognitive Linguistics to L2 Acquisiton: the Case of Over: An Experimental Approach to L2 Acquisition
2015 (Engelska)Självständigt arbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen), 10 poäng / 15 hp
Studentuppsats (Examensarbete)
Abstract [en]
Many researchers have recently shown interest to Cognitive Linguistics and its potential intuitions for second language acquisition. There are several discussions and analysis (e.g., Tyler & Evans, 2003) regarding the complexity of interpreting the semantics of English prepositions and whether the distinct meanings associated with a single preposition are systematically related or not. Cognitive linguistics offers a promising analysis to L2 acquisition of prepositions, since it argues that the extended meanings associated with a single preposition are systematically related, and L2 speakers can learn them incrementally. Therefore, this study aims to explore the utility of using a cognitive linguistic based approach to evaluate the accessibility of Persian speakers of English to associated senses with the spatial preposition over. We offer an experimental approach in this study in which we use a cognitive linguistic based methodology to find out if the Persian speakers of English will make significant progresses in identifying the multiple senses of prepositions. Then, we discuss the reason why this approach can account the findings.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
2015.
Nyckelord [en]
Cognitive linguistic based approach; L2 acquisition for over; the complex network of polysemy; English prepositions; Persian speakers.
Nationell ämneskategori
Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-118607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-118607DiVA, id: diva2:825205
2015-06-262015-06-232018-01-11Bibliografiskt granskad