The Effect of Consciousness-Raising of Metaphorical Meanings on College Students
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This study has explored the potential effects of consciousness-raising of semantic metaphors in a pre-experimental research design. Thirty one subjects from a pre-service English teacher program responded to a pretest. The pretest measured subjects' acceptability of a series of metaphorical meanings related to 'Theories are buildings' metaphors. Following the pretest, the subjects were introduced to a short lecture aimed at drawing their attention to how metaphorical meanings are created and extended from literal meanings. One week after the pretest and lecture, the subjects were given a posttest with items that were parallel to those of the pretest. The comparison of the two measures revealed that the treatment of consciousness-raising increased the number of subjects whose person ability was higher than item difficulties by 42%. In addition, the analysis of hierarchy of items from the pretest indicated three tiered groups of metaphorical meanings of conventional mapping, increased calculations, and novel extensions. The hierarchical order of items attested the degree of metaphorical extensions within the cognitive semantics.
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This study has explored the potential effects of consciousness-raising of semantic metaphors in a pre-experimental research design. Thirty one subjects from a pre-service English teacher program responded to a pretest. The pretest measured subjects' acceptability of a series of metaphorical meanings related to 'Theories are buildings' metaphors. Following the pretest, the subjects were introduced to a short lecture aimed at drawing their attention to how metaphorical meanings are created and extended from literal meanings. One week after the pretest and lecture, the subjects were given a posttest with items that were parallel to those of the pretest. The comparison of the two measures revealed that the treatment of consciousness-raising increased the number of subjects whose person ability was higher than item difficulties by 42%. In addition, the analysis of hierarchy of items from the pretest indicated three tiered groups of metaphorical meanings of conventional mapping, increased calculations, and novel extensions. The hierarchical order of items attested the degree of metaphorical extensions within the cognitive semantics.
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