英語閱讀中隱喻的認(rèn)知效果研究.pdf

1、遼寧師范大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文英語閱讀中隱喻的認(rèn)知效果研究姓名：陳玲申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：成曉光20090601AStudyontheCognitiveEffectsofMetaphorsinEFLReadingAbstractMetaphorisapervasivephenomenoninEnglishTheunderstandingofmetaphorhasbeenaheatedtopicofmetaphorstu

2、diesButmostofthestudiesfocusonthefirstlanguageunderstandingofmetaphorsThepresentresearchtriestostudythenatureofmetaphorfromadifferentperspective，thatis，toexaminethecognitiveeffectsinEFLreadingcomprehensionSpecificallythe

3、presentstudytriestoanswerthefollowingtworesearchquestionsunderthetheoreticalframeworkofconceptualmetaphortheoryandblendingtheory：AInwhatwaydoforeignlanguagelearnersunderstanddifferentkindsofEnglishmetaphorsBWhatarethecog

4、nitiveeffectsofmetaphorsinEFLreadingTheresearchmethodologyofthepresentstudyincludestweadingtestexperimentsandinterviewsTheabovetwesearchquestionsarecloselyrelatedtoeachotherwhichformthetwostagesoftheresearchTheresultsoft

5、hefirststageresearchshowthattheChinesespeakinglearners’understandingofdifferentkindsofEnglishmetaphorsinvolvesdifferentdegreeofcomplexityTheunderstandingofconventionalmetaphorsandtheuniversalmetaphorsiseffortlessandsubco

6、nscious，whiletheunderstandingofcreativemetaphorandculturespecificmetaphorstakereadersmoretimeandcognitiveeffortThenovelblendingincreativemetaphorsandthesocio—culturefactorsinculturespecificmetaphorsmaketheunderstandingin

7、volvemoreinferencesThesecondstageoftheresearchshowsthatmetaphorsplayamultifacetroleinEFLreadingprocessesGenerallyspeaking，iftheculturalblockisavoided，themetaphorplaysapositiverole，butnotaproblematicroleinEFLreadingThepos

8、itiveroleiSrealizedinthefunctionsofmetaphorsfulfillindiscourse，suchasconstructingmeaningindiscourse，expressingthewriterorspeaker’Sattitudesandideologycultivatingintimacyandtextstructuring，etcThesefindingswillprovidesigni