Teaching Research on English Vocabulary of Middle School from Cognitive Linguistics

Abstract

Vocabulary is the main content of English teaching, and also a difficult point in foreign language teaching. Therefore, improving the teaching quality of English vocabulary has become the focus of current teachers’ attention. Due to the significant importance of cognitive linguistics in the learning and use of English vocabulary, this article provides a detailed discussion of the cognitive linguistics theory in English vocabulary teaching from the perspectives of basic category theory, prototype category theory, and cognitive metaphor theory, hoping to provide some reference for relevant educators.