Metaphor as a tool for promoting the lexical approach in foreign language learning
Based on the material of five manuals promoting the lexical approach to learning and teaching English, an analysis of conceptual metaphors in linguodidactic discourse is conducted. The study demonstrates which metaphors are used by the authors of the manuals (M. Lewis, L. Selivan, H. Dellar, E. Walkley) when describing their experience and seeking to convince readers of the effectiveness of the approach they develop, which they consider more natural than those used in the traditional education...
Shpet, Humboldt, Kant: Forms, Concepts, Schemes. Terms and Ideas
... von Humboldt on language by Gustav Shpet together with Shpet’s perception of the influence of Kant’s philosophy on Humboldt. Special emphasis is laid on terminological analysis, the underlying thesis of this analysis being that words, terms and concepts are not the same thing: one and the same word or word combination can denote different terms, and the concept is a term in each particular doctrine. The object of critical analysis is the function of Humboldt’s term “inner form of language” ...
