肢体动作对隐喻动词短语理解的启动效应研究

A study on priming effect of body movements on the comprehension of metaphorical phrasal verbs

隐喻动词短语理解受到外语学习者认知风格、语言水平、工作记忆容量和隐喻类型等的影响。肢体动作作为对始源域的体验行为之一,是否对隐喻动词短语理解有启动效应,值得进一步探讨。以具身认知和感知动作模拟理论为基础,用量化分析方法研究真实和想象的肢体动作对隐喻动词短语理解的启动效应。研究发现:真实和想象的肢体动作对隐喻动词短语理解有启动作用,匹配的肢体动作能够提高学习者对隐喻动词短语的理解。外语教师要采用肢体语言等多模态来促进对隐喻的理解和习得,多途径增加外语学习者对始源域的体验。

The comprehension of metaphorical phrasal verbs is influenced by foreign language learners’cognitive style,language level,working memory capacity and metaphor type.Body movement is one of the experience behaviors of the original domain,and whether it has a priming effect on the understanding of metaphorical phrasal verbs is an issue which deserves further exploration.Based on the theory of Embodiment Cognition and Sensory-motor Simulation,the present paper studies the priming effect of real and imagined body movements on metaphorical phrasal verb comprehension by quantitative analysis.It is found that real and imagined body movements can prime learners’understanding of metaphorical phrasal verbs,and the matched body movements can improve learners’comprehension of these verbs.Foreign language teachers should adopt multiple modes such as body languages to promote the understanding and acquisition of metaphor and upgrade foreign language learners’experience of the original domain in multiple ways.