Applied cognitive linguistics and foreign language learning. Introduction to the special issue

Hijazo-Gascon, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8320-9173 and Llopis-García, Reyes (2019) Applied cognitive linguistics and foreign language learning. Introduction to the special issue. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teachings, 57 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 0019-042X

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Abstract

This introduction provides an overview of the intersection between Applied Cognitive Linguistics and Second/Foreign Language Learning. First, the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics (CL) for Applied Linguistics in general is discussed. The second section explains the main principles of CL and how each relates to the acquisition of second languages: (i) language and human cognition, (ii) language as symbolic, (iii) language as motivated; and (iv) language as usage-based. Section three offers a review of previous literature on CL and L2s that are different from English, as it is one the main aims of this Special Issue to provide state-of-the-art research and scholarship to enhance the bigger picture of the field of Second Language Acquisition beyond English as the target language. Spanish as L2/FL in Applied Cognitive Linguistics is the focus of the next section, which leads to a brief overview of the papers included in the Issue, featuring Spanish as the L2 with L1s such as English, French, German and Italian. Polysemy, Motion Events Typology, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar are the Cognitive Linguistics areas addressed in the contributions here presented.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: cognitive grammar,cognitive linguistics,construction grammar,motion events,polysemy,second language acquisition,spanish,language and linguistics,linguistics and language ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1203
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Language and Communication Studies
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Date Deposited: 11 Dec 2018 10:30
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2023 00:58
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69237
DOI: 10.1515/iral-2018-2004

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