Obstacles to CM-guided L2 idiom interpretation

Fostering Language Teaching Efficiency through Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 293-316

  Hu, Ying Hsueh ^a   Fong, Yu Ying ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CM guided idiom interpretation; Conceptual metaphor; Cross linguistic and cross cultural differences; Idiom; Polysemy; Think aloud procedure

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EID: 85119481416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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