Item-based and cognitive-style-based variation in students' abilities to use metaphoric extension strategies
This article examines the tendency of language learners to use 'metaphoric extension strategies' to work out the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. Metaphoric extension strategies exploit the fact that the meaning of words can often be determined by analysing the metaphoric processes that w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
2004-04-01
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| Series: | Ibérica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aelfe.org/documents/text7-Littlemore.pdf |