Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background and Motivation
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Rationale and Studies for Metaphor
2.1.1 The Rhetorical Study of Metaphor
2.1.2 The Semantic Study of Metaphor
2.1.3 The Cognitive Study of Metaphor
2.1.4 Classification of Metaphor
2.2 Rationale and Studies for EFL Teacher Language
2.2.1 Definition of EFL Teacher Language
2.2.2 Categories of EFL Teacher Language
2.3 Krashen’s Comprehensible Input Theory
2.3.1 Language Input Adequacy
2.3.2 Comprehensibility and ‘‘i+1’’ Hypothesis
2.4 Metaphor Occurrence in College EFL Teacher Language
2.4.1 Semantic Liberality
2.4.2 Emotional Expressivity
2.4.3 Organizational Felicity
2.5 Summary
Chapter Three Methodology of the Study
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Instruments
3.3 Data Collections
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four Analysis and Discussion
4.1 Research question 1
4.2 Research question 2
4.3 Research question 3
4.4 Construal Classification of Metaphors
4.4.1 Structural metaphor
4.4.2 Ontological metaphor
4.4.3 Orientational metaphor
4.5 Distribution of Construal classification of Metaphors
4.6 Procedural Classification
4.6.1 Organization
4.6.2 Instruction
4.6.3 Question
4.6.4 Feedback
4.7 Distribution of Procedural Classification of Metaphor
4.8 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusions
5.1 Summary of Findings
5.2 Implications for Metaphor Use in EFL Teacher Language
5.2.1 Establish Effective Metaphor Teaching System
5.2.2 Metaphor Adopted in EFL Teacher Language
5.3 Limitations of the Research
5.4 Suggestion for Further Research
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