La metáfora lingüística en español como lengua extranjera (ELE). Estudio pre-experimental en tres niveles de competencia

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the importance of teaching linguistic metaphors as part of Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL), as they are a constituent part of general Spanish vocabulary and help foreigners access the different meanings of that same vocabulary. The theoretical framework is Cognitive Linguistics, specifically the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor of Lakoff and Johnson (1980). A pre-experiment was developed with Slovaks students with different linguistic skill levels (A2, B1 y B2) by relating the number of correct interpretations/creations of somatic metaphors with the treatment and the level of Spanish proficiency of the participants.