Author(s)

Sun Xianwu

Corresponding Author

Sun Xianwu

Abstract

Second language vocabulary acquisition is an important composing part of second language acquisition. The prosperous development of cognitive linguistics has provided a new perspective for the studies of second language vocabulary acquisition. This paper starts from the perspectives of cognitive science, discusses the relations between cognitive linguistics and second language vocabulary acquisition, and gives the method of applying cognitive linguistics theory to enhance the teaching of second language vocabulary acquisition, which provides reference for related researchers.

Keywords

Second language, Vocabulary acquisition, Cognitive linguistics.