Metaphors set in motion in the context of L2 academic spoken discourse

Castellano-Risco, Irene ; Martín-Gilete, Marta ; Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Theoretical and applied research in physical motion events (MEs) (Talmy, 2000; Ibarretxe-Antuñano, 2017) has shown that (1) speakers tend to organize MEs around a specific semantic component resulting in at least two different lexicalization patterns (satellite-framed and verb-framed languages), with different narrative styles (Slobin, 1996, 2004); (2) the use of specific patterns may also depend on genre and discourse (Caballero, 2017); and (3) the adoption of the narrative style of an L2 is challenging (Cadierno, 2008). These findings seem to also apply to metaphorical motion events (MMEs) (Özçalışkan, 2005; Ibarretxe-Antuñano & Caballero, 2014). This study analyses the linguistic realizations and discourse functions of MMEs in the specific context of oral EMI seminars to examine ME prevalence and the impact inter-typological differences may have on the production of MMEs. Data from three seminars from METCLIL corpus were selected to compare MME verb production by English L1 speakers (n=4) and L2 English speakers (satellite-framed: n=4; verb-framed: n=9). Results show that (i) individual variables (speakers’ L1 typology or lecturer’s input) do not seem to have a determining impact on MME employment, while (ii) contextual factors (to-be-performed activities) have been shown to have a more salient role in MME usage and performance of discursive functions.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4355

Año: 2023

Publicado en: VIAL-VIGO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS 20 (2023), 77-105
ISSN: 1697-0381

Factor impacto JCR: 0.9 (2023)

Categ. JCR: LINGUISTICS rank: 141 / 296 = 0.476 (2023) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.3 - Linguistics and Language (Q1) - Language and Linguistics (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.298 - Linguistics and Language (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI-FEDER/FFI2017-82460-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI-FEDER/FFI2017-86320-R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/MultiMetAr LMP143-21
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/Psylex H11-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-AEI/PID2021-123302NB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/NextGenerationEU/MS-240621

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Lingüística General (Dpto. Lingüíst.y Liter.Hispán.)
Área (Departamento): Área Lengua Española (Dpto. Lingüíst.y Liter.Hispán.)