声明
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Origin of Conceptual Transfer Research
2.2 Definition of Conceptual Transfer
2.2.1 Language Transfer and Conceptual Transfer
2.2.2 Other Related Terms
2.3 Classification of Conceptual Transfer
2.3.1 Forward, Reverse and Literal Transfer
2.3.2 Positive and Negative Transfer
2.3.3 Concept and Conceptualization Transfer
2.4 Domains of Conceptual Transfer
2.5 Research Methods for Conceptual Transfer
2.6 Empirical Studies on Conceptual Transfer
2.6.1 Empirical Studies Abroad
2.6.2 Empirical Studies at Home
2.7 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations for the Present Study
3.1 Thought, Language and Culture
3.1.2 Linguistic Relativity
3.1.2 Neo-Whorfnism Hypothesis
3.2 Bilingual Mental Lexicon
3.3 Categorization and Prototype Theory
3.3.1 Categorization
3.3.2 Prototype Theory
3.4 Image Schema
3.5 Error Analysis
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4.1 Research Purpose and Questions
4.2 Research Design
4.2.1 Subjects
4.2.2 Materials
4.2.3 Instruments
4.3 Data Collection
4.3.2 Principal Experiment
4.3.3 The Retrospective Interview
4.4 Data Analysis Methodologies
Chapter Five Results, Discussion and Implications
5.1 Results
5.1.1 Results of Research Question One
5.1.2 Results of Research Question Two
5.1.3 Results of Research Question Three
5.2 Discussion
5.2.1 The Extent of Conceptual transfer
5.2.2 The Features of Chinese English Learners’ Conceptual Transfer
5.2.3 The Role of Language Proficiency in Conceptual Transfer
5.3 Implications
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Limitations of the Study
致谢
参考文献
Appendix Ⅰ The Background of Participants
Appendix Ⅱ Likert Scale of Familiarity Judgment
Appendix Ⅲ Stimuli of the First Session of the Experiment
Appendix Ⅳ Stimuli of the Second Session of the Experiment
Appendix Ⅴ The Questions of Retrospective Interview
Appendix Ⅵ Descriptive Statistics for Error Rate of Individual Sentence
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