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ERIC Number: EJ1188702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1947-8518
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Iranian EFL Learners' Cognitive Styles and Their Explanations of Conceptual Metaphors
Piri, Somaye; Tafazoli, Dara
International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, v8 n1 Article 5 p68-78 2018
The current study aims to investigate Iranian EFL learners' cognitive styles and their explanations of conceptual metaphors, offering a possible range of individual differences in metaphor processing. 71 participants were asked to explain some established conceptual metaphors that are commonly used in English. Then, their cognitive styles were classified into "analytic" or "holistic" and "imager" or "verbalizer" by means of cognitive styles test. Data analysis revealed that 29 participants (40.85%) explained the three conceptual metaphors by making structural correspondences between source and target domain. Moreover, 20 participants (28.17%) explained at least one of the metaphors by applying elements which were not part of the source domain. The results of the experiment revealed that learners with "holistic" cognitive styles were more likely to blend their conception of the target domain with the source domain in comparison to participants with "analytic" styles; also, "imagers" were more likely than "verbalizers" to refer to stereotypical images to explain the metaphors.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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