On the production of metaphors and metonymies by Jordanian EFL learners: acquisition and implications
This study explores the ability of Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) to produce English metaphorical and metonymical expressions, using a completion task. It also examines whether the use of conceptual and linguistic knowledge of the participants’ first language, i.e. Jordani...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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| Series: | Topics in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/topling-2016-0012 |