高中生隐喻能力与不同体裁英语阅读水平的相关性研究-外国语言学及应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

i i Acknowledgements Owing to many people‘s contribution to my thesis, I have finished my thesis writing. Without their assistance, this thesis wouldn‘t have been finished successfully and on time. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to those people. First and foremost, I would like to show my greatest gratitude to my supervisor Zhang Ping, who always gives constant encouragement, and support to me during the process of my thesis writing. Meanwhile, she provides me with precious suggestions and corrected my thesis with full patience. When I meet difficulties or feel depressed, she gives me a lot of encouragement and confidence. All of these gives me a lot of help in the completion of the thesis. Secondly, I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to the teachers and students from Wafangdian No. 3 Senior High School. I appreciate them for their help with my test papers. Finally, my special thanks are given to my parents, my friends and classmates, who provides me with great help, consolation and support. Their love, understanding, encouragement and support accompany me on the way of thesis writing. ii ii Abstract Cognitive theory points out that metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but a way that we think and act. Conceptual metaphor theory reveals the correlation between metaphor, language and cognition. Therefore, metaphors play a significant part in language learning. Metaphoric competence as the third competence functions as a supplement for linguistic competence and communicative competence. The two major features of metaphoric competence: analogical reasoning and divergent thinking are regarded as essential ways of everyday problem-solving, especially of language learning. Although the metaphoric competence is important, the studies on it are not comprehensive. Few studies on the correlation between metaphoric competence and reading proficiency have been conducted, especially related to reading genres. This study focuse