Languages are (like) visuals
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Keywords

visuals
non-figurative grammar
verbo-graphic metaphor
english verb
cognitive learning style
medios visuales
gramática no figurativa
metáfora verbográfica
verbo inglés
aprendizaje cognitivo

How to Cite

Palacios Pablos, A. (2009). Languages are (like) visuals: linguistic considerations and potential usage. Ibérica, (17), 99–118. Retrieved from https://www.revistaiberica.org/index.php/iberica/article/view/372

Abstract

Consistent with students� increasingly visual cognitive learning style, Languages are (Like) visuaLs (Lav) is proposed as a verbo-graphic metaphor applicable to the learning of non-figurative grammar issues of language. its validity as a special hybrid is assessed and assumed according to some principles of conceptual, pictorial and visual metaphor theories (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Lakoff, 1987; Forceville, 2002). To illustrate this proposal, a mapping is outlined, namely WOrDs-in-sHaPes eXCHange (Wise). a representation of words in their syntagmatic sequence, Wise is exemplified here with the english verb group, resembling a game based on fitting visual shapes whose rules are adapted and therefore mappable onto the verbal rules. This analogy and its graphical nature particularly suitable to esP students� academic training can readily ease the system acquisition, thus providing a useful remedial tool for raising learners� linguistic awareness of agreement within the sentence, often a grammatical weakness in esP. such is the case with prospective architects and civil engineers, to whom a practical appendix is addressed. Though Wise description takes up most of the paper, some possible teaching and research potentials of this metaphoric visual application are also observed, inviting further study and testing of the expected results.
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