Charles M. Mueller
List of John Benjamins publications in which Charles M. Mueller is involved.
2026 Between the subject and the self: Force dynamics and the divided-person metaphor in acceptance and commitment therapy Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses metaphor extensively in its exercises with clients (Hayes et al., 2012). This paper analyzes a corpus of ACT defusion exercises to identify the patterns of construal they typically evoke. Findings show frequent use of the Divided-Person metaphor… read more
2024 A mental spaces analysis of religious identity discourse Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Reyes Llopis-García (eds.), pp. 541–563 | Article
Religious identity is often viewed as a relatively stable construct, reflecting an individual’s personal worldview. However, individuals living within modern multi-cultural societies often must engage in extensive reflection to orient themselves to faith traditions in ways that are coherent and… read more
2022 Talking about oneself: Effects of personalized prompts on L2 learners’ speech Journal of Second Language Studies 5:2, pp. 344–363 | Article
Second language instructors often have students talk about their own experiences rather than abstract impersonal topics. Intuitively, such topics seem more likely to encourage student engagement. Unfortunately, virtually no empirical research has examined the effects of personal prompts on… read more
2022 Contested paths: Analyzing unfolding metaphor usage in a debate between Dawkins and Lennox Metaphor and the Social World 12:1, pp. 138–158 | Article
Recent studies of metaphor usage (e.g., Cameron, 2011; Semino et al., 2013) have shifted focus from relatively static mappings between source and target domains towards an emphasis on how metaphors are appropriated and recontextualized across different genres to convey new meanings and serve new… read more
2010 Applying cognitive linguistics to instructed L2 learning: The English modals Applied Cognitive Linguistics in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Littlemore, Jeannette and Constanze Juchem-Grundmann (eds.), pp. 30–49 | Article
This paper reports the results of a quasi-experimental effects-of-instruction study examining the efficacy of applying a Cognitive Linguistic (CL) approach to L2 learning of the semantics of English modals. In spite of their frequency in typical input, modal verbs present L2 learners with… read more
2009 Style Shift in Korean Teledramas: A case for the careful consideration of speech style in translation FORUM 7:2, pp. 215–246 | Article
La pragmatique de la communication interpersonnelle a été sous représentée dans le domaine de la recherche en traduction audiovisuelle (Mason, 1989). Cette lacune en recherche est regrettable si l'on considère des langues telles que le coréen, dans lesquelles les notions telles que la familiarité… read more