Conference Call: 1st International Conference on ESP, EAP and Applied Linguistics

1st International Conference on ESP, EAP and Applied Linguistics 
University of Thessaly, Volos, 26-27 September 2020

Deadline for submission of abstracts: June, 30 2020 

We invite submission of papers for reporting empirical research, systematic reviews of the literature, as well as theoretical and practical demonstrations. 

• Practitioner-focused proposals in the following non-exhaustive but indicative areas are also invited:
• teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL)
• genre and discipline specificity
• educational technology
• teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking
• development of teaching materials
• teaching methodology
• inter-disciplinary writing
• corpus concordancing
• writing for publication
• reflective academic writing
• teaching in multi-cultural contexts
• semiotics
• teaching students with learning disabilities 
• teaching students with developmental disabilities 
• teaching students with physical disabilities
• English language and literature
• computational linguistics and NLP
• teaching a native language as a second language

(Article): The Conceptualization of English Phrasal Verbs by Greek Primary School Learners: An Empirical Cognitive Approach

Abstract: This study investigates the way Greek EFL elementary students conceptualize English phrasal verbs of the form component verb (take) plus component particle (up, down, in, out, back, off, on, apart). It is suggested image schemas play a facilitatory role in the conceptualization and interpretation of the figurative meanings of English phrasal verbs. The study argues that within the phrasal verb construct, the component particle prompts for the extension from literal to figurative meanings since the particle designates image schematic experiences (bodily-kinesthetic). The study conducted two types of test: (1) meaning of the sentence and (2) image-matching from the sentence. In test 1, participants were asked to read sentences which contained the verb take plus particles and they had to select the most appropriate meaning of the phrasal verb that matched the overall meaning of the sentence. In test 2, participants were asked to read sentences wherein phrasal verbs of the form take plus particles were highlighted. They were asked to match the meaning of the phrasal verb with one image. Each image represented a different type of image schema such as container, front-back orientation and proximity-distance.

Keywords: English phrasal verbs; figuration; young learners; cognitive processes; metaphor; image schemas

doi:10.3390/languages4030051

https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/4/3/51

citation: Tsaroucha, E. The Conceptualization of English Phrasal Verbs by Greek Primary School Learners: An Empirical Cognitive Approach. Languages 2019, 4, 51.

(Article): The Metonymicity of the Greek Deictic Adverbs εδώ [Here] and εκεί [There] in Politics

Abstract: 

This paper discusses the uses of the Greek deictic adverbs εδώ [here] and εκεί [there] in the language of politics. The paper draws examples from political speeches which took place in the Hellenic Parliament during 2011 and discussed the financial situation of Greece during that time. It is suggested that εδώ [here] and εκεί [there] have a high degree of metonymicity since they express ‘stand for’ relations. It is argued that the deictic adverbs have a referential function since they designate a range of concepts, namely, political parties, financial, political, and social situations, the Hellenic Parliament, political ideology, decisions, etc. It is also stated that the temporal and the spatial denotations of εδώ and εκεί are subject to image schemas. In particular, the paper discusses how the Greek deictic adverbs prompt for the image schemas of CONTAINMENT, PART FOR WHOLE, and CENTRE-PERIPHERY and suggests that these types of image schemas have a metonymic basis.

Keywords: politics; political speech; economic crisis; Greece; deictics; space; time; image schemas; metonymicity􏰔􏰒􏰃􏰅􏰫􏰃􏰄􏰔 􏰅􏰔 􏰮􏰃􏰑􏰑 􏰅􏰔 􏰤􏰎􏰄 􏰟􏰈􏰓􏰑􏰁􏰔􏰍 􏰑􏰅􏰈􏰓􏰆􏰅􏰓􏰃 􏰑􏰃􏰅􏰄􏰈􏰃􏰄􏰔􏰘 􏰟􏰈􏰓􏰑􏰁􏰔􏰍 􏰒􏰍􏰄􏰅􏰔􏰅􏰑 􏰗􏰃

https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/4/3/51

citation: Tsaroucha, Efthymia. (2019). The Metonymicity of the Greek Deictic Adverbs εδώ [Here] and εκεί [There] in Politics. Philosophies, 4(3): 51; pp.:1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies4030051 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Philosophies of Time, Media and Contemporaneity)