Kakimova Ainur
List of John Benjamins publications in which Kakimova Ainur is involved.
Articles
2026 Processing and appreciation of literary metaphors in English as a foreign language: An eye-tracking study AILA Review 39:1, pp. 80–108 | Article
Purpose: Experimental research on the processing of literary metaphors in a foreign language (L2) is scarce, as well as research on how non-native speakers perceive the aesthetic value of such metaphors. The paper aims to gain a deeper insight into the topic.
Method: The team… read more
Through the reader’s Eyes: Processing effort and aesthetic engagement with metaphors in a second language AILA Review: Online-First Articles | Article
This study investigates how second-language (L2) readers process and aesthetically evaluate literary metaphors, combining eye-tracking data with comprehension and aesthetic judgment tasks. Sixty Polish university students with advanced English proficiency read an excerpt from The Golden Bowl by… read more