The Role of Cognitive Mechanisms and Semantic Motivation in Business English Idioms Acquisition: An experimental study

Milošević, Ivan

doi:10.14706/jfltal152211

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“…Some of the recent studies in the field also include those dealing with the possible implications of the analysability of phrasal verbs for EFL learners and facilitating their retention by raising awareness about the metaphors underlying various senses (e.g. Boers & Demecheleer 1998;Boers 2000Boers , 2013Đurović 2009, 2017Milošević 2014;Porto Requejo & Pena Díaz 2008;Vujić 2013;etc.). In a similar research to the present one, Đurović (2010) explored a number of English phrasal verbs whose constituent verb is related to animals, concluding that the metaphorical meanings of animal phrasal verbs should be taught alongside the basic prototypical meaning of verbs and particles in order to enhance their learning.…”

Section: The Cognitive Semantic Approach To Phrasal Verbsmentioning

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A Cognitive-Linguistic Investigation of English Phrasal Verbs Related to Plants

Milošević¹,

Pavlović

2018

FU Ling Lit

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The focus of the paper is on the semantics of English phrasal verbs whose constituent verb is related to the concept of plants. The investigated set of verbs includes twenty-two phrasal verbs featuring the particles out, off, up, through, in and away. The analysis is conducted in the framework of cognitive semantics, which states that the meaning of phrasal verbs can be analysed in view of their constituent particles and the interplay between the verb meaning and the particle senses. It is concluded that the general meaning of the examined phrasal verbs is a result of different spatial configurations underlying the conceptual-semantic structure of the constituent particles, while their specific meanings are motivated by different conceptual metonymies stemming from the constituent verb. Numerous abstract meanings are additionally derived via various submetaphors of the basic metaphor complex abstract systems are plants embedded in the conceptual framework of the constituent verbs.

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Section: The Cognitive Semantic Approach To Phrasal Verbsmentioning

confidence: 99%