Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in English
In this paper we deal with some novel blends in English and discuss, from a cognitivist point of view, the ways they are formed and processed, particularly focusing on the interpretation of their meaning and the degree of recognisability of the source words in these blends by the ESP students of the...
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Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
2013-04-01
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| author | Nadežda Silaški Tatjana Đurović |
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| description | In this paper we deal with some novel blends in English and discuss, from a cognitivist point of view, the ways they are formed and processed, particularly focusing on the interpretation of their meaning and the degree of recognisability of the source words in these blends by the ESP students of the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, as well as the difficulties they face in understanding them. We point out various reasons why these blends tend to be misinterpreted by non-native speakers of English and discuss the extent to which ESP teachers may rely on the tenets of Conceptual Blending Theory in the process of economic vocabulary acquisition and learning in an ESP economics course at the tertiary level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef02c715db6044c2ab32d1b8e6c84ae82022-12-22T03:29:11ZengAsociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines EspecíficosIbérica1139-72412013-04-012585106Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in EnglishNadežda SilaškiTatjana ĐurovićIn this paper we deal with some novel blends in English and discuss, from a cognitivist point of view, the ways they are formed and processed, particularly focusing on the interpretation of their meaning and the degree of recognisability of the source words in these blends by the ESP students of the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, as well as the difficulties they face in understanding them. We point out various reasons why these blends tend to be misinterpreted by non-native speakers of English and discuss the extent to which ESP teachers may rely on the tenets of Conceptual Blending Theory in the process of economic vocabulary acquisition and learning in an ESP economics course at the tertiary level.http://www.aelfe.org/documents/05_25_Silaski.pdfblendsConceptual Blending Theoryunderstanding blendsESPnon-native speakers |
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| title | Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in English |
| title_full | Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in English |
| title_fullStr | Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in English |
| title_full_unstemmed | Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in English |
| title_short | Of “siliconaires” and “millionerds” – How ESP learners understand novel blends in English |
| title_sort | of siliconaires and millionerds how esp learners understand novel blends in english |
| topic | blends Conceptual Blending Theory understanding blends ESP non-native speakers |
| url | http://www.aelfe.org/documents/05_25_Silaski.pdf |
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