Working Memory and Its Role in Cognitive Linguistics

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Working Memory and Its Role in Cognitive Linguistics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Working memory capacity has become a focus of cognitive linguistics (CL) since language is a human cognitive ability, alongside attention, memory, visual and spatial processing, and as such CL occupies a crucial role in the cognitive processes that affect language comprehension and acquisition. Within the framework of working memory capacity, the question of how attention control and second language (L2) comprehension participate in performing various cognitive tasks has been discussed extensively. The chapter addresses the theories of cognitive processing that pertain to memory with particular emphasis on the issue of vocabulary learning and the retention of linguistic expressions in long-term memory. A CL-based approach to the teaching and learning of L2 lexical units and phrases including phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms, or metaphors, is promoted by the cognitive linguists whose findings suggest that the cognitive structure of word meanings and its awareness contribute greatly to successful L2 vocabulary learning. Inspired by previous findings, a small-scale experiment was conducted to compare the efficiency of the CL-inspired teaching method consisting in the explicit instruction on the literal context and figurative meaning of metaphors on the one hand, and the method of memorizing L2 polysemous expressions without specific guidance on their literal meanings on the other hand. The experimental results are reported in this chapter to support the hypothesis that the learners who are aware of how the word meanings are constructed can comprehend and remember L2 lexical units better than the learners without the background knowledge. The outcomes also suggest that via the CL-based approach to the teaching and learning L2 figurative lexis, comprehension and retention of the lexis may be underpinned and stored easily in working memory.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Working Memory and Its Role in Cognitive Linguistics

Popis výsledku anglicky

Working memory capacity has become a focus of cognitive linguistics (CL) since language is a human cognitive ability, alongside attention, memory, visual and spatial processing, and as such CL occupies a crucial role in the cognitive processes that affect language comprehension and acquisition. Within the framework of working memory capacity, the question of how attention control and second language (L2) comprehension participate in performing various cognitive tasks has been discussed extensively. The chapter addresses the theories of cognitive processing that pertain to memory with particular emphasis on the issue of vocabulary learning and the retention of linguistic expressions in long-term memory. A CL-based approach to the teaching and learning of L2 lexical units and phrases including phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms, or metaphors, is promoted by the cognitive linguists whose findings suggest that the cognitive structure of word meanings and its awareness contribute greatly to successful L2 vocabulary learning. Inspired by previous findings, a small-scale experiment was conducted to compare the efficiency of the CL-inspired teaching method consisting in the explicit instruction on the literal context and figurative meaning of metaphors on the one hand, and the method of memorizing L2 polysemous expressions without specific guidance on their literal meanings on the other hand. The experimental results are reported in this chapter to support the hypothesis that the learners who are aware of how the word meanings are constructed can comprehend and remember L2 lexical units better than the learners without the background knowledge. The outcomes also suggest that via the CL-based approach to the teaching and learning L2 figurative lexis, comprehension and retention of the lexis may be underpinned and stored easily in working memory.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

The Psychology Behind Second Language Acquisition

ISBN

979-8-89113-511-6

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

25-52

Počet stran knihy

188

Název nakladatele

Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Místo vydání

New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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