Fiona MacArthur
List of John Benjamins publications in which Fiona MacArthur is involved.
Book series
ISSN 1879-8047
Journal
Metaphor and the Social World
Edited by Susan Nacey, Dennis Tay and Sarah Turner
ISSN 2210-4070 | E‑ISSN 2210‑4097
Title
Metaphor in Use: Context, culture, and communication
Edited by Fiona MacArthur, José Luis Oncins-Martínez, Manuel Sánchez-García and Ana M. Piquer-Píriz
Metaphor is a fascinating phenomenon, but it is also complex and multi-faceted, varying in how it is manifested in different modes of expression, languages, cultures, or time-scales. How then can we reliably identify metaphors in different contexts? How does the language or culture of speakers and… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 38] 2012. x, 379 pp.
2021 Afterword Metaphor in Education: A multilingual perspective, Ahlgren, Katrin, Anne Golden and Ulrika Magnusson (eds.), pp. 352–359 | Afterword
2020 Rock bottoms, juggling balls and coalprints : Exploring the metaphors L2 speakers of English produce in face-to-face interaction Producing Figurative Expression: Theoretical, experimental and practical perspectives, Barnden, John and Andrew Gargett (eds.), pp. 331–362 | Chapter
In comparison with the interest shown in the difficulties second language (L2) speakers have in understanding English metaphors, very little attention has been paid to examining the metaphors they actually produce, particularly in the oral mode. In this chapter I examine the metaphors used by L2… read more
2019 Chapter 14. Linguistic metaphor identification in English as a lingua franca Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world, Nacey, Susan, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse (eds.), pp. 289–312 | Chapter
2018 Overt and covert uses of metaphor in the academic mentoring in English of Spanish undergraduate students at five European universities Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 23–50 | Article
Twenty-seven semi-guided office hours’ consultations between lecturers andSpanish-speaking undergraduate students were recorded at five different universities in Europe where English is the medium of instruction. The linguistic data gathered show that metaphor plays a significant role in the way… read more
2016 Chapter 7. When languages and cultures meet: Mixed metaphors in the discourse of Spanish speakers of English Mixing Metaphor, Gibbs, Jr., Raymond W. (ed.), pp. 133–154 | Article
This chapter examines the metaphors used by speakers of English as a second language (L2), showing how these are often the result of the mixing of two linguistic and conceptual systems. The resulting “hybrid” metaphors may be unconventional in English and therefore seen as problems in need of… read more
2016 Overt and covert uses of metaphor in the academic mentoring in English of Spanish undergraduate students at five European universities Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 23–50 | Article
Twenty-seven semi-guided office hours’ consultations between lecturers and Spanish-speaking undergraduate students were recorded at five different universities in Europe where English is the medium of instruction. The linguistic data gathered show that metaphor plays a significant role in the way… read more
2015 On using a dictionary to identify the basic senses of words Metaphor and the Social World 5:1, pp. 124–136 | Article
This article-cum-narrative reflects on the use — indeed usefulness — of a dictionary in helping the researcher to identify metaphorical and non-metaphorical uses of language. Focusing on a group of ‘saying’ verbs as they were used in a face-to-face conversation between a university lecturer and an… read more
2012 Introduction: Metaphor in use Metaphor in Use: Context, culture, and communication, MacArthur, Fiona, José Luis Oncins-Martínez, Manuel Sánchez-García and Ana M. Piquer-Píriz (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article
2011 Review of Kövecses (2010): Metaphor: A Practical Introduction Metaphor and the Social World 1:1, pp. 113–118 | Review
2011 On the repetition of words with the potential for metaphoric extension in conversations between native and non-native speakers of English Metaphor and the Social World 1:2, pp. 201–239 | Article
Although quite a lot is known about the way that non-native speakers of English may interpret and produce metaphors in their second language, we know little about metaphor use in face-to-face conversation between primary and secondary speakers of English. In this article we explore the use of… read more
2010 Metaphorical competence in EFL: Where are we and where should we be going? A view from the language classroom Applied Cognitive Linguistics in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Littlemore, Jeannette and Constanze Juchem-Grundmann (eds.), pp. 155–173 | Article
Although there exists a number of studies that have shown the benefits of applying the cognitive linguistics notion of motivation to foster comprehension and retention of conventional English metaphors, relatively little attention has been paid to EFL learners’ productive use of metaphor in speech… read more