中国大学生隐喻能力实证研究(英文)

A DATA-BASED INVESTIGATION INTO CHINESE EFL LEARNERS' METAPHORICAL COMPETENCE

语言的隐喻性越发成为当代语言学界的共识。这种对语言本质的全新认识让EFL学习者的隐喻能力成为当今外语界的一个研究热点。理想的EFL学习者隐喻能力是指接近本族语者的词汇语法使用能力,具体表现是在不同的人类经验范畴之间看出相似性、建立关联性。本文借助雷考夫和韩礼德的隐喻理论,调查和分析40名复旦大学一年级学生在一次口语考试中的即兴发言,揭示我国EFL学习者和本族语者在隐喻能力上的显著差异,并提出改进建议。

With metaphoricity of language gaining increasing recognition among modern linguists,language researchers are now more concerned about the EFL learner's metaphorical competence — the ability to metaphorize both at lexical and grammatical levels,seeing similarity between categories or perceiving relevance of one thing to another,much as native speakers of English habitually do.In the light of Lakoff's and Halliday's metaphor theories,this paper analyzes the spontaneous oral performance of forty Fudan Univers...