論隱喻意識對以英語作為第二語言的語言學(xué)習(xí)者深層閱讀理解的作用.pdf

1、Researches on metaphor have exploded in the past decades.But little of them are concerned with the application of metaphor in the field of applied linguistics.According to Lakoff and Johnson(Lakoff & Johnson,1980;Lakoff,

2、1987,Lakoff,1993),metaphor is pervasive in everyday language and it is a fundamental cognitive ability that allows us to talk and think about abstract concepts and phenomenon.Certain metaphoric expressions are so deeply

3、entrenched in human thought and incorporated into the linguistic system that their metaphoric nature is often negleched.Theory and practice suggest that the ability to acquire,produce,and interpret metaphors in the targe

4、t language is important for language learning.And metaphoric competence forms an important part of communicative language ability.With 178 CET-4 students of Zhejiang University as subjects,the study in this thesis is int

5、ended to find out whether metaphoric awareness facilitates in-depth comprehension in reading,and whether learners'metaphorical awareness correlates with their general language proficiency.Results show that it is statisti