Second Language Figurative Proficiency: A Comparative Study of Malay and English.

Charteris-Black, Jonathan

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ERIC Number: EJ641290

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Second Language Figurative Proficiency: A Comparative Study of Malay and English.

Charteris-Black, Jonathan

Applied Linguistics, v23 n1 p104-33 Mar 2002

Explores the potential of cognitive linguistic notions such as conceptual metaphor and conceptual metonym for comparing the figurative phraseologies of English and Malay and anticipating second language learner difficulty. A comparative analysis is undertaken that identifies six types of relationship between figurative expressions in the two languages. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Figurative Language, Language Proficiency, Malay, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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