Usage-based View on Language Acquisition

The traditional view of language sets up a false dichotomy between language formandfunction.For this reason,traditional language acquisition often tips to one side and fails to give an effective guidance to language teaching.Body-embodiment view of language acquisition,however,stresses that language rules are abstracted in the process of language use,languageformandfunctionas a whole during the cognitive experiences of human beings.On the basis of sorting out the usage-based view of language acquisition,this paper gives some insights on foreign language teaching from the following aspects:language motivations,function of constructions,ties between frequency and learning efficiency,and metaphorical thinking.