IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS AND SPATIAL REFERENCE IN A CONTRASTIVE STUDY IN ITALIAN AND FRENCH Cover Image

STUDIU CONTRASTIV FRANCEZ /ITALIAN AL EXPRESIILOR FIXE ÎN LEGĂTURĂ CU REPREZENTAREA SPAȚIALĂ
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS AND SPATIAL REFERENCE IN A CONTRASTIVE STUDY IN ITALIAN AND FRENCH

Author(s): Virginia Lo Brano
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: idiomatic expressions; Italian; French; video game

Summary/Abstract: The present study aims at a dynamic didactical approach of Italian idiomatic expressions related to body gestures and spatial representation in French and Italian. To this end, we propose the results of a study of a written corpus taken from the video game Baldur's Gate in its Italian and French versions. The methodological framework of Psychomechanics allows us to highlight the necessary early entry components of a fixed expression. We present in a second time a didactic activity proposed in a language class in high school, understanding idioms from the knowledge of body parts contextualized in role plays and mime.

  • Issue Year: XI/2015
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 39-48
  • Page Count: 10