概念隐喻在英语习语教学中的应用精选

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1、SchoolofForeignLanguages,HebeiUniversityofScienceandTechnolog摘要iiiAbstractiv1ChapterOneIntroduction12ChapterTwoLiteratureReview32.1DefinitionofIdioms32.1.1Definitionsfromthedictionaries32.1.2Definitionsgivenbyscholars42.2Twodifferentapproachestoidiom52.3ThepreviousCM-basedstudiesofEnglishi

2、dioms63ChapterThreeTheoreticalBackground73.1ConceptualMetaphorTheory73.2MentalImage124ChapterFourMethodology134.1Hypothesisofthisempiricalstudy144.2Subjects144.3Testpapers154.4Proceduresofthisexperiment164.4.1Idioms164.4.2Discussionmaterial174.4.3Pre-test174.4.4Teachingprocesses174.4.5Post

3、-test2244SchoolofForeignLanguages,HebeiUniversityofScienceandTechnolog5ChapterFiveDataAnalysisandDiscussion225.1ResultsofthePre-test225.1.1Resultofthesentencecompletion235.1.2Resultofthepicturecomposition235.2Resultsofthepost-test255.2.1Resultofthesentencecompletion255.2.2Resultofthepictur

4、ecomposition255.3Discussion276ChapterSixConclusion276.1Majorfindings276.2Limitations297References308Appendix338.1AppendixOneIdiomsUsedinthisStudy338.2AppendixTwo:Pre-testpaper348.3AppendixThree:Post-testpaper368.4AppendixFour:DiscussionMaterial3744SchoolofForeignLanguages,HebeiUniversityof

5、ScienceandTechnolog1ChapterOneIntroductionIdiomisanindispensablepartoflanguage,anditcan’tbeomittedwhenweuseandlearnlanguage.“Anadultnativespeakerwillusenearly10millionmetaphorsand20millionidiomsinhiswholelife,whichmeansabout3000metaphorsand7000idiomsperweek”(Cooper,1999).Idiomhasmanyunique

6、characteristics,includingsimplestructures,richcontent,andbeingvividinitsmeaning.Thus,successfulmanipulationoftheidiomsissignificanttolanguagelearnersincontributingtosuccessfulcommunicationwithnativespeakersandbetterunderstandingthetargetculture.However,thelargequantityoftheidiomsandirregul

7、arstructuresofthoseidioms,aswellasthearbitrarinessbetweenidioms’meaningsandforms,frustrateChineseEnglishEFLlearners.Thetraditionalteachingmethodsarelimitedinthe“explaining-reciting-explaining-reciting”circle.Insuchawayofinstruction,studentsalwaysfeelthatidioms