Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing
Edited by Ana M. Piquer-Píriz and Reyes Llopis-García
Special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 22:2 (2024) vi, 316 pp.
Ana M. Piquer-Píriz
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ana M. Piquer-Píriz is involved.
Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology
Edited by Ana M. Piquer-Píriz and Rafael Alejo-González
In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as a solid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which different applications to other fields have emerged. In this volume we identify some of the current, most relevant topics in applied CL-oriented… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 99] 2018. vi, 230 pp.
Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology
Edited by Ana M. Piquer-Píriz and Rafael Alejo-González
Special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 14:1 (2016) vi, 245 pp.
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.
2024 Introduction: Lessons learned at the intersection of applied cognitive linguistics and L2 classrooms Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Reyes Llopis-García (eds.), pp. 301–308 | Introduction
2024 Applying Cognitive Linguistics to elucidate the meanings of the particles IN/OUT and UP/DOWN in L2 classrooms: Pedagogical experience vs. research findings Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Reyes Llopis-García (eds.), pp. 450–475 | Article
Cognitive Linguistics offers valuable insights for second language instruction, particularly in enhancing motivated polysemy to facilitate vocabulary acquisition. This paper reports on a longitudinal, classroom-based study and analyses the design, implementation, and assessment of activities… read more
2021 Foreword: Metaphor in education – a multilingual perspective Metaphor in Education: A multilingual perspective, Ahlgren, Katrin, Anne Golden and Ulrika Magnusson (eds.), pp. 191–195 | Foreword
2018 Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Identifying some current research foci (figurative language in use, constructions and typology) Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 1–19 | Article
In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as asolid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which differentapplications to other fields have emerged. In this introductory chapter, weexplore some of the current, most relevant topics in applied… read more
2016 Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Identifying some current research foci (figurative language in use, constructions and typology) Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as a solid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which different applications to other fields have emerged. In this introductory article, we explore some of the current, most relevant topics in applied… read more
2011 Motivated word meanings and vocabulary learning: The polysemy of hand in the English for Young Learners classroom Metaphor and the Social World 1:2, pp. 154–173 | Article
The introduction of English as a foreign language in many countries at ever younger ages poses new challenges for teachers, material designers and researchers in terms of finding out and dealing with the needs of such young children when learning a foreign language. This paper focuses on… read more
2010 2. Can people be cold and warm? Developing understanding of figurative meanings of temperature terms in early EFL Researching and Applying Metaphor in the Real World, Low, Graham, Zazie Todd, Alice Deignan and Lynne Cameron (eds.), pp. 21–34 | Article
The understanding and production of figurative language in childhood has been the subject of a great deal of research. Most of the research literature on this topic has concentrated on the L1 but the insights gained can also be relevant to the process of learning a foreign language. This chapter… read more
2008 9. Young learners' understanding of figurative language Confronting Metaphor in Use: An applied linguistic approach, Zanotto, Mara Sophia, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti (eds.), pp. 183–198 | Article