Conceptualizing English academic writing via verbal and manual metaphors

• Autores: Jun Zhao
• Localización: Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE ), ISSN-e 2340-2784, ISSN 1139-7241, Nº. 17, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Metafora y LFE), págs. 119-138
• Idioma: inglés
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    La escritura del inglés con fines académicos y su conceptualización a través de metáforas verbales y gestuales Puesto que la metáfora constituye una poderosa herramienta cognitiva, ésta se emplea en los contextos educativos con el fin de conseguir que para los alumnos el conocimiento abstracto resulte más sencillo. Los gestos, portadores materiales del pensamiento, pueden representar de forma visual conceptos abstractos. Los hablantes muestran cierta tendencia a emplear diversos recursos modales gracias a los cuales pueden utilizar metáforas verbales y metáforas gestuales con fines expositivos. En el presente trabajo se analizan las expresiones metafóricas y el lenguaje gestual empleados por cuatro profesores de expresión de textos escritos en inglés como segunda lengua con el fin de demostrar en qué sentido las metáforas verbales y gestuales que se utilizan en el discurso para la formación de la expresión escrita en la nueva lengua contribuyen a concretar conceptos abstractos de la escritura con fines académicos por lo que respecta a los individuos comprometidos en dicha tarea. El lenguaje gestual resultará fundamental para la comprensión del sentido metafórico de las expresiones verbales.

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    Abstract As a powerful cognitive tool, metaphor is used in the educational setting to simplify abstract knowledge for learners. Gesture, the material carrier of thought, can represent abstract concepts in a visual mode. Speakers tend to draw on multimodal resources to make use of both verbal and manual metaphors for expository purpose. This article analyzes metaphorical expressions and gestures of four ESL (English as Second Language) composition instructors to probe how both verbal and manual metaphors are used in the educational discourse to concretize abstract concepts of EAP writing (English for Academic Purpose) to second language writers. Gestures are significant in comprehending the metaphorical sense of verbal utterances

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