儿童人体隐喻理解能力实证研究

An empirical study of the cognitive ability of body metaphor in children

本研究运用CiteSpace软件分析了隐喻能力研究现状,基于此展开了一项针对儿童隐喻能力的实验。采用人体隐喻实验材料,以某小学二年级至六年级共300名学生为对象,从理解和产出两个方面探索了儿童人体隐喻认知能力的发展情况。结果发现,儿童的隐喻理解能力发展趋势和儿童的逻辑思维发展趋势基本一致。儿童理解隐喻的能力随着年龄的增长而提高,非人体隐喻的理解成绩优于人体隐喻的理解成绩,10岁可能是突破字面义、理解无字面义隐喻、突破非人体隐喻、理解人体隐喻发展的转折点。

In this study,CiteSpace is used to analyze the research status of metaphorical ability,and based on this,an experiment has been conducted on children’s metaphorical ability.In the study,300 students from grade 2 to grade 6 of a primary school are selected as experimental materials to explore the development of children’s cognitive ability of human metaphor from two aspects of understanding and output.The results show that the tendency of children’s understanding of metaphor is consistent with the tendency of children’s logical thinking.Children’s ability to understand metaphors increases with age,and their understanding of non-body metaphors is better than that of body metaphors.The key period for children to understand body metaphor is between the ages of 10 and 11.After this period,children’s ability to understand body metaphors is accelerated.By the sixth grade,children’s ability to understand body metaphors and non-body metaphors has been basically consistent.The age of 10 may be a turning point in the development of breaking through literal meaning,understanding non-literal metaphor,breaking through non-body metaphor,and understanding body metaphor.