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ED 395 507

FL 023 856

AUTHOR

Parkinson, Brian, Ed.; Mitchell, Keith

TITLE

Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics,

1996.

INSTITUTION

Edinburgh Univ. (Scotland). Dept. of Linguistics.

REPORT NOISSN-0959-2253

PUB DATE

96
NOTE

141p.; For individual articles, see FL 023 857-865.

For the 1995 volume, see ED 383 204.

PUB TYPE

Collected WorksSerials (022)

JOURNAL CIT

Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics; n7 1996

EDRS PRICE

MF01/PC06 Plus Postage.

DESCRIPTORS

*Applied Linguistics; Cultural Awareness; Discussion (Teaching Technique); English for Academic Purposes;

Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Journalism;

Learning Strategies; Modern Languages; Poetry;

*Second Language Instruction; Second Language

Learning; Semantics; Teacher Education; Word

Recognition

IDENTIFIERS

Deixis; *University of Edinburgh (Scotland)

ABSTRACT

This monograph contains papers on research work in progress at the Department of Applied Linguistics and Institute for Applied Language Studies at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Topics addressed include general English teaching, English for Academic Purposes teaching, Modern Language teaching, and teacher education. Papers are: "Cultural Semantics in a Second-Language Text" (Carol Chan); "The Concealing and Revealing of Meaning in the Cryptic Crossword Clue" (John Cleary); "Learners' Perceptions of Factors Affecting Their Language Learning" (Giulia Dawson, Elisabeth McCulloch and Stella Peyronel); "Japanese Learners.in Speaking Classes" (Eileen Dwyer and Anne Heller-Murphy); "Manipulating Reality Through Metaphorizing Processes in Wartime Reporting" (Noriko Iwamoto); "Basing Discussion Classes on Learners' Questions: An Experiment in (Non-)Course Design" (Tony Lynch); "Participant Action Plans and the Evaluation of Teachers' Courses" (Ian McGrath); "Deixis and the Dynamics of the Relationship Between Text and Reader in the Poetry of Eugenio Montale" (Rossella Riccobono); and "Constructivism, Optimality, and Language Acquisition. The Shapes We Make in Each Other's Heads" (Chris Whincop). (Contains chapter references.) (NAV) *Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made* from the original document.*

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EDINBURGH WORKING PAPERS

IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Number 7

1996
(ISSN 0959-2253) Published jointly by the Department of Applied Linguistics and the Institute for Applied Language Studies

University of Edinburgh

Scotland

Editors:

Brian Parkinson

Keith Mitchell

Subscription information

Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics (EWPAL) is published in the third term of the University of Edinburgh year ftipril-June). Details of subscription rates and journal exchange arrangements are at the end of this issue.

Copyright

Copyright rests with the authors of the papers in this volume, who are free to submit their work for publication elsewhere, either as published here or in a revised version.

Preface

EWPAL provides an annual update on some of the work being carried out in applied linguistics and language pedagogy by students and staff of the Department of Applied Linguistics and Institute for Applied Language Studies, both in the University of

Edinburgh.

This issue has a particularly good balance between and within these institutions: the four IALS papers relate to teaching in four of its 'sections' - General English, English for Academic Purposes, Modern Languages and Teacher Education - andthefive DAL papersrangeoverpsycholinguistics,literarystylistics, discourse/pragmatics and cross-cultural studies, together with Cleary's sui generis topic.

As usual

I would like to thank the 'readers' who have found time to comment on manuscripts submitted. These have included Keith Mitchell (the assistant editor), Cathy Benson, Martin Gill, Eric Glendinning, Kate Lawrence, Tony Lynch, Joan Maclean, Liam Rodger, Antonella Sorace and Hugh Trappes-Lomax. Thanks also go to Lesley Quigg for turning contributors"final' versions into .these published papers, and to Alan White and his colleagues at the University Printing Office, who have taken over the final stage of production.

Brian Parkinson

May 1996

I

Contents

CULTURAL SEMANTICS IN A

SECOND-LANGUAGE TEXT

Carol Chan

1

THE CONCEALING AND REVEALING OF

MEANING IN THE

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUE

Ichn Cleary14

LEARNERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS

AFFECTING THEIR

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Giulia Dawson, Elisabeth McCulloch & StellaPeyronel30

JAPANESE LEARNERS IN SPEAKING

CLASSES

EiIe i;:eyes & Anne Heller-Murphy46

MANIPULATING REALITY THROUGH

METAPHORIZING

PROCESSES IN WARTIME REPORTING

Noriko Iwamoto56

BASING DISCUSSION CLASSES ON

LEARNERS' QUESTIONS:

AN EXPERIMENT IN (NON-)COURSE

DESIGN

Tony Lynch72

PARTICIPANT ACTION PLANS AND THE

EVALUATION OF

TEACHERS' COURnS

Ian McGrath85

DEIXIS AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

TEXT AND READER IN THE POETRY OF

EUGENIO MONTALE

Rossi:Ha Riccobono100

CONSTRUCTIVISM, OPTIMALTTY AND LANGUAGE

ACQUISITION -

THE SHAPES WE MAKE IN EACH OTHER'S

HEADS

Chris Whincop

112

CULTURAL SEMANTICS IN A SECOND-LANGUAGE TEXT

Carol Y. M. Chan (DAL)

Abstract

Second-language writing in English may use the same linguistic structures as first-language texts. However, the significance of individual words often depends greatly on the underlying cultural frameworks. This paper presents the theory of prototype semantics as a useful approach to understanding the relationship between language and culture in

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 395 507

FL 023 856

AUTHOR

Parkinson, Brian, Ed.; Mitchell, Keith

TITLE

Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics,

1996.

INSTITUTION

Edinburgh Univ. (Scotland). Dept. of Linguistics.

REPORT NOISSN-0959-2253

PUB DATE

96
NOTE

141p.; For individual articles, see FL 023 857-865.

For the 1995 volume, see ED 383 204.

PUB TYPE

Collected WorksSerials (022)

JOURNAL CIT

Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics; n7 1996

EDRS PRICE

MF01/PC06 Plus Postage.

DESCRIPTORS

*Applied Linguistics; Cultural Awareness; Discussion (Teaching Technique); English for Academic Purposes;

Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Journalism;

Learning Strategies; Modern Languages; Poetry;

*Second Language Instruction; Second Language

Learning; Semantics; Teacher Education; Word

Recognition

IDENTIFIERS

Deixis; *University of Edinburgh (Scotland)

ABSTRACT

This monograph contains papers on research work in progress at the Department of Applied Linguistics and Institute for Applied Language Studies at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Topics addressed include general English teaching, English for Academic Purposes teaching, Modern Language teaching, and teacher education. Papers are: "Cultural Semantics in a Second-Language Text" (Carol Chan); "The Concealing and Revealing of Meaning in the Cryptic Crossword Clue" (John Cleary); "Learners' Perceptions of Factors Affecting Their Language Learning" (Giulia Dawson, Elisabeth McCulloch and Stella Peyronel); "Japanese Learners.in Speaking Classes" (Eileen Dwyer and Anne Heller-Murphy); "Manipulating Reality Through Metaphorizing Processes in Wartime Reporting" (Noriko Iwamoto); "Basing Discussion Classes on Learners' Questions: An Experiment in (Non-)Course Design" (Tony Lynch); "Participant Action Plans and the Evaluation of Teachers' Courses" (Ian McGrath); "Deixis and the Dynamics of the Relationship Between Text and Reader in the Poetry of Eugenio Montale" (Rossella Riccobono); and "Constructivism, Optimality, and Language Acquisition. The Shapes We Make in Each Other's Heads" (Chris Whincop). (Contains chapter references.) (NAV) *Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made* from the original document.*

EDINBURGH

WORKING PAPERS

IN

APPLIED LINGUISTICS

ERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND

DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL

HAS BEEN GRANTED BY

Ck...t.---\ -\

0 THE EDUCATIONAL

RESOURCES

INFORMATION CENTER IERIC)

Number 7

1996

2U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

0!tice a Educa!ona' Rebea,c, and ImprovOMent

E

CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION

LI

CENTER (ERIC)

his document has beer reproduced asceined from the person or organization onginating if

O Minor changes have been made to

improve reproduction quality

Points of view or opinions stated in this

document do not ne.essarily represenl official OERI position or dolicy

EDINBURGH WORKING PAPERS

IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Number 7

1996
(ISSN 0959-2253) Published jointly by the Department of Applied Linguistics and the Institute for Applied Language Studies

University of Edinburgh

Scotland

Editors:

Brian Parkinson

Keith Mitchell

Subscription information

Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics (EWPAL) is published in the third term of the University of Edinburgh year ftipril-June). Details of subscription rates and journal exchange arrangements are at the end of this issue.

Copyright

Copyright rests with the authors of the papers in this volume, who are free to submit their work for publication elsewhere, either as published here or in a revised version.

Preface

EWPAL provides an annual update on some of the work being carried out in applied linguistics and language pedagogy by students and staff of the Department of Applied Linguistics and Institute for Applied Language Studies, both in the University of

Edinburgh.

This issue has a particularly good balance between and within these institutions: the four IALS papers relate to teaching in four of its 'sections' - General English, English for Academic Purposes, Modern Languages and Teacher Education - andthefive DAL papersrangeoverpsycholinguistics,literarystylistics, discourse/pragmatics and cross-cultural studies, together with Cleary's sui generis topic.

As usual

I would like to thank the 'readers' who have found time to comment on manuscripts submitted. These have included Keith Mitchell (the assistant editor), Cathy Benson, Martin Gill, Eric Glendinning, Kate Lawrence, Tony Lynch, Joan Maclean, Liam Rodger, Antonella Sorace and Hugh Trappes-Lomax. Thanks also go to Lesley Quigg for turning contributors"final' versions into .these published papers, and to Alan White and his colleagues at the University Printing Office, who have taken over the final stage of production.

Brian Parkinson

May 1996

I

Contents

CULTURAL SEMANTICS IN A

SECOND-LANGUAGE TEXT

Carol Chan

1

THE CONCEALING AND REVEALING OF

MEANING IN THE

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUE

Ichn Cleary14

LEARNERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS

AFFECTING THEIR

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Giulia Dawson, Elisabeth McCulloch & StellaPeyronel30

JAPANESE LEARNERS IN SPEAKING

CLASSES

EiIe i;:eyes & Anne Heller-Murphy46

MANIPULATING REALITY THROUGH

METAPHORIZING

PROCESSES IN WARTIME REPORTING

Noriko Iwamoto56

BASING DISCUSSION CLASSES ON

LEARNERS' QUESTIONS:

AN EXPERIMENT IN (NON-)COURSE

DESIGN

Tony Lynch72

PARTICIPANT ACTION PLANS AND THE

EVALUATION OF

TEACHERS' COURnS

Ian McGrath85

DEIXIS AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

TEXT AND READER IN THE POETRY OF

EUGENIO MONTALE

Rossi:Ha Riccobono100

CONSTRUCTIVISM, OPTIMALTTY AND LANGUAGE

ACQUISITION -

THE SHAPES WE MAKE IN EACH OTHER'S

HEADS

Chris Whincop

112

CULTURAL SEMANTICS IN A SECOND-LANGUAGE TEXT

Carol Y. M. Chan (DAL)

Abstract

Second-language writing in English may use the same linguistic structures as first-language texts. However, the significance of individual words often depends greatly on the underlying cultural frameworks. This paper presents the theory of prototype semantics as a useful approach to understanding the relationship between language and culture in