Research Outputs

Research Papers 

MacArthur, F. and Alejo, R. (Submitted). Metaphor in the academic mentoring of international undergraduate students: The Erasmus challenge.

MacArthur, F. (2017). Using metaphor in the teaching of second/foreign languages. In E. Semino and Z. Demjén (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of metaphor and language (pp. 413-425). Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge.

Piquer Píriz, A. M., y Alejo González (2016). Eds. Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology (Special Issue). Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 14(1).

MacArthur, F. (2016). Overt and covert uses of metaphor in the academic mentoring in English of Spanish undergraduate students at five European universities. Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 14 (1): 23-50.

MacArthur, F. (2016). Beyond engaged listenership: Assessing Spanish undergraduates’ active participation in academic mentoring sessions in English as academic lingua franca. Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2016: Global Implications for Culture and Society in the Networked Age, pp. 153-178

MacArthur, F. (2016). When languages and cultures meet: Mixed metaphors in the discourse of Spanish speakers of English. In R.W. Gibbs, Jr (Ed.), Mixing metaphor. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

MacArthur, F., Krennmayr, T., & Littlemore, J. (2015). How basic is UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING when reasoning about knowledge? Asymmetric uses of SIGHT metaphors in office hours' consultations in English as academic lingua franca. Metaphor and Symbol, 30(3), 184-217.

MacArthur, F. (2015). On using a dictionary to identify the basic senses of words. Metaphor and the Social World, 5(1), 124-136.

 

Conference Presentations

García Bermejo, V., A. M. Piquer-Píriz, and R. Alejo. 2017. "Vocabulary profile and metaphor density in office hours' consultations". Paper presented at the XXXV AESLA (Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada) International Conference: Languages at the crossroads: Training, accreditation and context of use, Jaén, 4-6 May 2017.

García-Bermejo, V.,  A. M. Piquer-Píriz and R. Alejo. 2016. "The presence of sight metaphor terms in academic written discourse for young L2 learners". Paper presented at the X AELCO (Asociación Española de Lingüística Cognitiva) International Conference: Discourse, culture and contexts, Alcalá de Henares, 26-28 October 2016) 

MacArthur, F. "On identifying systematic metaphors in a corpus of academic conversations in English" Paper presented at the IV International Conference on Metaphor and Discourse, "New Cognitive Domains in the 21st century", Castellón (Spain) 3-4 December 2015.

Alejo, R., A. M. Piquer-Píriz, V. García-Bermejo. 2015. "Metaphor density in academic conversation: Exploring lecturer-student interaction in office-hour consultations at university" Paper presented at the IV International Conference on Metaphor and Discourse, "New Cognitive Domains in the 21st century", Castellón (Spain) 3-4 December 2015

MacArthur, F. 2015. "The use of metaphor in the academic mentoring of Spanish Erasmus students at five different European universities" Paper presented at the 12th ELIA (Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada) conference: Issues in intercultural learning and teaching across L2 contexts and situations , Seville 1-3 July 2015.

Piquer-Píriz, A. M. and R. Alejo-González. 2015. "Intercultural dialogue in tertiary education: On the importance of metaphor in academic conversations between international lecturers and Spanish university" Paper presented at the 12th ELIA (Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada) conference: Issues in intercultural learning and teaching across L2 contexts and situations, Seville 1-3 July 2015.

MacArthur, F. 2015. "The use of metaphor in office hours' consultations: The Erasmus challenge". Paper presented at the XXXIII AESLA (Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada) International Conference: Multimodal communication in the 21st century: Professional and academic challenges, Madrid, 16-18 April 2014.

Alejo-González, R. and A. M. Piquer-Píriz. "A European Corpus of Academic Talk (EuroCoAT): Compilation, description, reliability and applications." Paper presented at the XXXIII AESLA (Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada) International Conference: Multimodal communication in the 21st century: Professional and academic challenges, Madrid, 16-18 April 2014.

MacArthur, F. 2014. "English as academic lingua franca and the Erasmus challenge: The use of metaphor in office hours’ consultations. Keynote talk presented at the Symposium Metaphor in Academic Conversation, Badajoz, October 18, 2014.

Ädel, A. 2014. "Metadiscourse in academic communication: Expanding the scope from visible to less visible genres". Keynote talk presented at the Symposium Metaphor in Academic Conversation, Badajoz, October 18, 2014. 

MacArthur, F., Alejo, R., & Piquer-Píriz, A.M. 2014. "The use of metaphor in a corpus of academic conversations in English as lingua franca". Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM): Metaphor in communication, science and education, Cagliari, June 20- 23, 2014.

MacArthur, F. 2014. “Metaphor and the learner of English as an international language”. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM): Metaphor in communication, science and education, Cagliari, June 20- 23, 2014.

MacArthur, F. 2014. “English as academic lingua franca: A corpus of office hours’ consultations between Spanish Erasmus students and their lecturers in four European universities”. Paper presented at AELINCO’s 6th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics; Input a word, analyze the world: Corpus Linguistics and society. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 22-24 May 2014.

MacArthur, F., Krennmayr, T. and Littlemore, J. 2013. “Seeing is not just Understanding: Sight metaphors in undergraduate office hours’ consultations”. Paper presented at CRAL 2013. III International Conference on Meaning Construction, Meaning Interpretation: Applications and Implications. Universidad de la Rioja, 18-20 July.