Stručni rad

Teaching english idioms based on the features of conceptual metaphors: a cognitive approach

Marijana Dragaš ; Veleučilište Marko Marulić u Kninu, Knin, Hrvatska
Katarina Čurković-Denona ; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za anglistiku, zadar, Hrvatska

Sažetak

This paper investigates the application of Metaphor Theory, as one of the fundamental concepts in Cognitive Linguistics, in learning and teaching of idioms. The results of the research show the problems that EFL learners at the University of Applied Sciences "Marko Marulic" in Knin face with considering the acquisition of English idioms and figures of speech.

Ključne riječi

metaphor theory; cognitive linguistic; conceptual metaphors; idioms; EFL learning; EFL teaching

Hrčak ID:

83434

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/83434

Datum izdavanja:

21.6.2012.

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