Cognitive Teaching of English Polyseme Metonymic Interpretation of lexical sense extension

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10.2991/icadce-15.2015.215How to use a DOI?

Keywords

metonymy; polysemy; polyseme; polysemous words; cognitive linguistics

Abstract

This paper aims at expounding the nature and mechanism in lexical sense extension with the help of metonymy, and exploring an effective way of polyseme teaching and learning from a cognitive perspective. Metonymy is traditionally viewed as a figure of speech used for rhetorical effect, but in cognitive linguistics, it serves as a mode of thought and perception. Its function as a cognitive approach is discussed for language learners to acquire the polysemous words. By analyzing the cognitive models in lexical extension of related senses, the students can somewhat overcome the bottleneck of vocabulary acquisition and understand better the denotation, connotation of polysemous lexical items.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bianqi Sun
AU  - Haifang Zhao
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DA  - 2015/05
TI  - Cognitive Teaching of English Polyseme Metonymic Interpretation of lexical sense extension
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2015)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 893
SN  - 2352-5398
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