Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness

Metaphor is central to human understanding and communication. It pervades our everyday language and also abounds in specialized discourse, with legal language not being an exception. This is particularly relevant since metaphors are powerful framing tools able to affect our worldview With the aim of...

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Autores: Castaño Castaño, Emilia, Laso Martín, Natàlia Judith, Verdaguer, Isabel
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
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spelling Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awarenessCastaño Castaño, EmiliaLaso Martín, Natàlia JudithVerdaguer, IsabelCorpus (Lingüística)MetàforaCorpora (Linguistics)MetaphorMetaphor is central to human understanding and communication. It pervades our everyday language and also abounds in specialized discourse, with legal language not being an exception. This is particularly relevant since metaphors are powerful framing tools able to affect our worldview With the aim of exploring the use that EAL law undergraduate students make of metaphorical expressions as well as their awareness of their connotations, a learner corpus was compiled and qualitatively analyzed. Results have shown that learners, like native speakers, rely on the use of conceptual metaphors such as MIGRATION IS A NATURAL FORCE, STATES ARE CONTAINERS or IMMIGRANTS ARE A THREAT to describe immigration issues. The study has also revealed that learners are not always conscious of the negative slant that metaphors may convey and that raising their awareness is key to enhance critical thinking.Universitat de València2018201820172018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion28 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/122144Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://doi.org/10.7203/qf.22.11310Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis Lingüístics, 2017, vol. 22, p. 245-272http://doi.org/10.7203/qf.22.11310cc-by-nc-nd (c) Castaño Castaño, Emilia et al., 2017http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1221442026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
title Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
spellingShingle Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
Castaño Castaño, Emilia
Corpus (Lingüística)
Metàfora
Corpora (Linguistics)
Metaphor
title_short Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
title_full Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
title_fullStr Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
title_full_unstemmed Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
title_sort Immigration metaphors in a corpus of legal English: an exploratory study of EAL learners' metaphorical production and awareness
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Castaño Castaño, Emilia
Laso Martín, Natàlia Judith
Verdaguer, Isabel
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Laso Martín, Natàlia Judith
Verdaguer, Isabel
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Verdaguer, Isabel
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Metàfora
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Metàfora
Corpora (Linguistics)
Metaphor
description Metaphor is central to human understanding and communication. It pervades our everyday language and also abounds in specialized discourse, with legal language not being an exception. This is particularly relevant since metaphors are powerful framing tools able to affect our worldview With the aim of exploring the use that EAL law undergraduate students make of metaphorical expressions as well as their awareness of their connotations, a learner corpus was compiled and qualitatively analyzed. Results have shown that learners, like native speakers, rely on the use of conceptual metaphors such as MIGRATION IS A NATURAL FORCE, STATES ARE CONTAINERS or IMMIGRANTS ARE A THREAT to describe immigration issues. The study has also revealed that learners are not always conscious of the negative slant that metaphors may convey and that raising their awareness is key to enhance critical thinking.
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