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英文文摘
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声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter ⅠINTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of the Study
1.2 The Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Ⅱ FROM METAPHOR TO METAPHORIC COMPETENCE
2.1 Traditional Views on Metaphor
2.1.1 The comparison view
2.1.2 The substitution view
2.2 Contemporary Views on Metaphor
2.2.1 The interaction view
2.2.2 The cognitive view
2.3 The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor
2.3.1 The mapping theory
2.3.2 The blending theory
2.4 About Metaphoric Competence
2.4.1 Linguistic competence
2.4.2 Communicative competence
2.4.3 Metaphoric competence
2.4.4 The relationship between linguistic competence, communicative competence and metaphoric competence
Chapter Ⅲ METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Objectives
3.2 Hypotheses
3.3 Subjects
3.4 Instruments
3.4.1 Metaphoric competence tests
3.4.2 Materials for experimental teaching
3.4.3 English proficiency tests
3.4.4 Statistical tool
3.5 Procedure
3.5.1 Pre-tests
3.5.2 Experimental teaching
3.5.3 Post-tests
3.5.4 Scoring
Chapter Ⅳ RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Descriptive Data
4.2 Data Analysis and Discussion
4.2.1 Discussion about Hypothesis Ⅰ
4.2.2 Discussion about Hypothesis Ⅱ
4.2.3 Discussion about Hypothesis Ⅲ
Chapter ⅤCONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Applications to EFL Teaching and Learning
5.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research
References
Appendix