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Azabdaftari, Behrooz – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2015
This paper seeks to elaborate on the notion of "grammatical metaphor" intended by M. A. K. Halliday (1983) in his Functional Systemic Linguistics (FSL). "Metaphor" in linguistic parlance is "a process of mapping between two different conceptual domains--the source domain and the target domain". Halliday draws on this…
Descriptors: Grammar, Figurative Language, Language Usage, English (Second Language)
Azabdaftari, Behrooz – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2013
This paper seeks to throw light on the concordance between man's mental structure and the structure of narrative with regard to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. In so doing, the author first provides the backdrop of the literature on the topic by first explaining Vygotsky's approach to the genesis of mind, and then gives a synoptic account of the…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Literacy, Literary Devices, Literary Styles
Azabdaftari, Behrooz – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2013
This paper represents an attempt to search for the implications of Vygotsky's approach to "the genesis of mind" for second language acquisition (SLA). In so doing, the present author has adopted first a retrospective view--what has already gone in the field of foreign language instruction, and a prospective view--what is contingent on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns, Learning Theories