Abstract |
The first part of the paper offers a theoretical outline of
models and the model method as regards the stimulation of students'
mental capacities. It tackles the different aspects of modeling in
the process of tuition and discusses the creation of models, their
nature, and elements. In the second part we offer a model that
introduces the peculiarities of word-final consonant voicing
through the formation of the present simple tense (third person
singular ending). The model is designed in such a way as to
stimulate students' understanding of sound change in morphological
markers by associating these with particular sentences that
demonstrate the specific functions of the tense. The second model
we offer draws on the belief that language is innately
metaphorical. It presents visually the relations between terms from
the semantic field of water with expressions that employ
metaphorical mappings of their semantic elements on a number of
abstractions. The purpose of the model is not only to aid students'
memory, but also to attune them to the culture-specific traits of
English as presented in its phraseology. Such visualizations can be
designed for all metaphorically presented abstractions in English
and can be an excellent navigating tool in the difficult
phraseology of the richest language in the world.
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References |
1. Lakoff, G. (1992). The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor,
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~israel/lakoff-ConTheorMetaphor.pdf 2.
Levunlieva, M. (2004). The Cognitive Significance of the Semantic
Domain of Water: Metaphorical Representation of Some Abstract
Concepts. В: Хуманитарни науки. Предизвикателства и постижения.
Научни статии. Бургас, Наука инвест ООД.
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