Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Identifying some current research foci (figurative language in use, constructions and typology) 1
4. I. Figurative language in use
5. Overt and covert uses of metaphor in the academic mentoring in English of Spanish undergraduate students at five European universities 23
6. The interpretation of metonymy by Japanese learners of English 51
7. Methodological triangulation in the study of emotion: The case of 'anger' in three language groups 73
8. II. Constructing meaning in language (L1 and L2 acquisition)
9. On-line processing of verb-argument constructions: Visual recognition threshold and naming latency 103
10. The role of force dynamics and intentionality in the reconstruction of L2 verb meanings: A Danish-Spanish bidirectional study 133
11. Cross-linguistic influence in the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in L2 acquisition 157
12. III Typology
13. Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages 181
14. Showing versus telling: Representing speech events in English and Spanish 205
15. Subject index 229