摘要
This study investigated the metaphor transfer among International Studies University and focused on Ll＇s 75 Chinese EFL students from Sichuan role in the acquisition of L2 metaphor. The study proposes a new cross-language matching model between metaphorical concepts and their linguistic forms. Using a multiple choice metaphor test administered to a group of graduate English majors and a group of undergraduate non-English majors, the study found that the cross-language matching model between the conceptual basis and its linguistic form is one of the main factors influencing L2 metaphor comprehension, and that such influences will dwindle with the accretion of language proficiency. Although there is still a long way to go before the establishment of a L2 metaphorically conceptual system, the study takes several steps toward a better understanding of metaphor transfer in language acquisition.
基于作者提出的跨语言范畴下隐喻概念与语言表征匹配模式,借助隐喻理解为考查内容的多项选择测试工具,调查了四川外国语大学75名母语为汉语的中、高水平英语学习者在二语隐喻理解中的迁移现象,以及母语对二语隐喻习得的影响。研究表明,跨语言范畴下隐喻概念与语言表征之间的匹配方式是影响二语隐喻理解的主要因素之一,且这种影响会随目的语水平的提高而减弱。尽管要完全建立起二语隐喻概念系统,仍任重道远,但语言习得中隐喻迁移现象研究有助于加深对这一建立过程的理解。
基金
part of the achievements supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China(No.SWU1409102
No.SWU1409273)
