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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables ix
List of Figures x
List of Boxes xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction xiv
Part I Figurative Thinking
1 What is Figurative Thinking ? 3
2 Why is Figurative Thinking Important for
Foreign Language Learners? 23
3 Psychological Processes Underlying
Figurative Thinking 45
4 Developing Learner Autonomy in
Figurative Thinking 68
Part II Figurative Thinking and
Communicative Language Ability
5 Figurative Thinking and Sociolinguistic
Competence 89
6 Figurative Thinking and Illocutionary
Competence 112
7 Figurative Thinking and Textual Competence 133
8 Figurative Thinking and Lexico Grammatical
Competence 156
9 Strategic Competence 177
vii
viii Contents
Part III Conclusions
10 Promoting Figurative Language Competence in
the Foreign Language Classroom 197
Notes 212
References 215
Index 234
List of Tables
6.1 Extract from grammar debate 121
6.2 Extract from a student debate about Government
intervention employing the metaphor THE
ECONOMY IS A PLANT 123
6.3 Extract from the debate in which students were
asked to reach a consensus 124
6.4 Extract from the debate about the economy in
which students merged the source and target domains 125
6.5 The six idioms and the contexts to which students
were asked to adapt them 131
8.1 Literal and figurative leak 174
8.2 Seeing and looking over 175
ix
List of Figures
3.1 Mapping process that might take place when
interpreting Boddingtons the cream of Manchester 51
5.1 Bachman s (1990) model of language competence 90
8.1 Dirven s (2001) semantic network of phrasal
verbs involving across 163
x
List of Boxes
1.1 Japanese teachers discussion of the expression
skirt around 7
1.2 Linguistic expressions reflecting THEORIES ARE
STRUCTURES 13
2.1 Class discussion of the meaning of cradle work 34
3.1 Extract of students working out the meaning of the
expression water cooler moments in an advanced
level English language class given at the University of
Birmingham 65
5.1 Academic language : Extract from student handout 106
6.1 Hair today: no Her Tomorrow 117
6.2 The Russian Economic Development Agency 128
6.3 Email at Birmingham University involving the
re literalisation of the word iron , for comic effect 130
7.1 Doctor patient topic change 146
7.2 Topic change activity: sample cue cards 147
7.3 Topic change activity: extract from student dialogue 148
7.4 Overarching metaphor study: preliminary exercise 153
8.1 Selected concordance lines demonstrating various
phrasal and prepositional verbs containing across 166
9.1 Extract from a student s response to the
communication strategies elicitation task 186
xi
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Contents
List of Tables ix
List of Figures x
List of Boxes xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction xiv
Part I Figurative Thinking
1 What is 'Figurative Thinking'? 3
2 Why is Figurative Thinking Important for
Foreign Language Learners? 23
3 Psychological Processes Underlying
Figurative Thinking 45
4 Developing Learner Autonomy in
Figurative Thinking 68
Part II Figurative Thinking and
Communicative Language Ability
5 Figurative Thinking and Sociolinguistic
Competence 89
6 Figurative Thinking and Illocutionary
Competence 112
7 Figurative Thinking and Textual Competence 133
8 Figurative Thinking and Lexico Grammatical
Competence 156
9 Strategic Competence 177
vii
viii Contents
Part III Conclusions
10 Promoting Figurative Language Competence in
the Foreign Language Classroom 197
Notes 212
References 215
Index 234
List of Tables
6.1 Extract from grammar debate 121
6.2 Extract from a student debate about Government
intervention employing the metaphor THE
ECONOMY IS A PLANT 123
6.3 Extract from the debate in which students were
asked to reach a consensus 124
6.4 Extract from the debate about the economy in
which students merged the source and target domains 125
6.5 The six idioms and the contexts to which students
were asked to adapt them 131
8.1 Literal and figurative'leak' 174
8.2 Seeing and looking over 175
ix
List of Figures
3.1 Mapping process that might take place when
interpreting 'Boddingtons the cream of Manchester' 51
5.1 Bachman's (1990) model of language competence 90
8.1 Dirven's (2001) semantic network of phrasal
verbs involving 'across' 163
x
List of Boxes
1.1 Japanese teachers' discussion of the expression
'skirt around' 7
1.2 Linguistic expressions reflecting THEORIES ARE
STRUCTURES 13
2.1 Class discussion of the meaning of cradle work' 34
3.1 Extract of students working out the meaning of the
expression 'water cooler moments' in an advanced
level English language class given at the University of
Birmingham 65
5.1 'Academic language': Extract from student handout 106
6.1 Hair today: no Her Tomorrow 117
6.2 The Russian Economic Development Agency 128
6.3 Email at Birmingham University involving the
re literalisation of the word 'iron', for comic effect 130
7.1 Doctor patient topic change 146
7.2 Topic change activity: sample cue cards 147
7.3 Topic change activity: extract from student dialogue 148
7.4 Overarching metaphor study: preliminary exercise 153
8.1 Selected concordance lines demonstrating various
phrasal and prepositional verbs containing across 166
9.1 Extract from a student's response to the
communication strategies elicitation task 186
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