Interactional and cognitive frames in L2 idiom understanding: a case study

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the cognitive processes used by five learners of Portuguese as a L2 to infer the meaning of idioms, based on the concepts of cognitive and interactional frames conceived by Fillmore (1982) and Fillmore & Baker (2010). The analysis of data car...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Baldo, Alessandra
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repository:Signótica (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/30973
Online Access:https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/30973
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:cognitive frames
interactional frames
idioms
L2 learning processes.
marcos cognitivos
marcos interacciónales
modismos
la enseñanza-aprendizaje de L2.
frames cognitivos
frames interacionais
expressões idiomáticas
ensino-aprendizagem de L2.
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Summary:This paper presents the results of an analysis of the cognitive processes used by five learners of Portuguese as a L2 to infer the meaning of idioms, based on the concepts of cognitive and interactional frames conceived by Fillmore (1982) and Fillmore & Baker (2010). The analysis of data carried out through the verbal protocol technique suggests that the explanatory potential of the frame theory is also applicable to the comprehension of meaning attribution to idioms in L2, be it through the notion of cognitive frame or interactional frame.