This paper discusses the selective feature of understanding. The process of understanding is in nature that of constructing meaning and obtaining information, meanwhile, to construct meaning is to integrate different ...This paper discusses the selective feature of understanding. The process of understanding is in nature that of constructing meaning and obtaining information, meanwhile, to construct meaning is to integrate different signs into a text by means of metaphor and metonymy and to naturalize the meaning of the text, which turns out to be a process of constant selection. In addition, the contextual factors such as different individuals or groups and different cultural backgrounds make the understanding process selective. The knowledge of the selective feature of understanding plays an important role in foreign language teaching, especially concerned with text reading, translation and intercultural communication.展开更多
文摘This paper discusses the selective feature of understanding. The process of understanding is in nature that of constructing meaning and obtaining information, meanwhile, to construct meaning is to integrate different signs into a text by means of metaphor and metonymy and to naturalize the meaning of the text, which turns out to be a process of constant selection. In addition, the contextual factors such as different individuals or groups and different cultural backgrounds make the understanding process selective. The knowledge of the selective feature of understanding plays an important role in foreign language teaching, especially concerned with text reading, translation and intercultural communication.
