Jezikoslovlje, Vol. 7 No. 1-2, 2006.
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STRATEGIC CONSTRUAL OF ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS
Renata Geld
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
As opposed to formal approaches to language, cognitive linguistics regards language as a
means of conceptualization which crucially depends on human cognitive abilities and
processes. Meaning is seen as an inseparable part of the human cognitive system, thus
necessarily making it dynamic and subjective. Subjectivity and dynamicity are the key
elements of meaning construal – human ability to conceive and portray the same situation in
alternate ways.
This paper presents results of research into strategic construal in 120 subjects whose second
language is English. The aim of this paper is to show to what extent cognitive strategies in the
acquisition of a second language reflect the general cognitive abilities appearing in the first
language (as described by cognitive linguists). There are two main results of our research.
Firstly, we have shown that first and second language acquisition and meaning construal in
first and second language are both accessible to scientific purview using the methods of
cognitive linguistics. Secondly, we have shown that meaning construal can be used as
evidence towards the connection of cognitive strategies (as described by second-language
acquisition scholars) and general cognitive abilities appearing in first language acquisition.
Ključne riječi
construal; strategic construal; phrasal verbs; second language
Hrčak ID:
30849
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2006.
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