语法隐喻及其对英语阅读的影响

论文摘要

语法隐喻这一术语最早出现在韩礼德《功能语法导论》(1985)一书中,标志着语法隐喻的理论性研究的开始。语法隐喻不仅出现在科学语篇中,同时也出现在日常的书面语篇当中。阅读被认为是从语篇中提取信息并理解信息的方式(Grabe and Stoller,2006:4),吸引了众多学者的研究。在大学英语的教学中,英语学习者经常发现阅读中有难以理解的地方。语法隐喻构成了英语学习者的阅读障碍之一。本文探讨了在英语阅读中英语学习者对语法隐喻的理解,探索了将语法隐喻运用到英语教学当中。本文旨在证实语法隐喻对英语阅读的影响,并帮助学生提高隐喻能力。研究表明语法隐喻能力的培养有助于提高学生的英语阅读能力。全文分为五个章节。第一章是引言,介绍文章的背景和结构。第二章简要回顾了传统研究中的隐喻,然后介绍了语法隐喻的发展及内容。第三章讨论了语法隐喻的特点和阅读的关系。第四章提供了一个基于将语法隐喻运用到英语阅读教学的实证研究。五章对全文进行总结,根据实证研究得出结论并对今后的研究进行了展望。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Metaphor,grammatical metaphor and reading comprehension
• 1.2 General framework of the thesis
• Chapter 2 Relevant Literature Review on Metaphor
• 2.1 The Theories of Metaphor in Traditional School
• 2.1.1 Aristotle
• 2.1.2 The Roman thinkers
• 2.1.3 Plato
• 2.2 The theory of conceptual metaphor
• 2.2.1 Philosophical basis:Experientialism
• 2.2.2 Mechanism:cross domain mapping
• 2.3 The theory of grammatical metaphor
• 2.3.1 Classification of grammatical metaphor
• 2.3.1.1 Interpersonal metaphor
• 2.3.1.2 Ideational metaphor
• 2.3.2 Elucidation of the term "congruence"
• 2.3.3 Reclassifications of grammatical metaphor
• Chapter 3 Grammatical Metaphor and Reading Comprehension
• 3.1 Reading comprehension
• 3.2.Grammatical Metaphor and Comprehension
• 3.2.1.The Concept of Grammatical Metaphor
• 3.2.2.Rank Shifts and Packing
• 3.2.3.Discursive functions of grammatical metaphor
• Chapter 4 An Empirical Study on the Influence of Grammatical Metaphor on EFL Reading Comprehension
• 4.1 Research questions
• 4.2 Methodology
• 4.2.1 Subjects
• 4.2.2 Instruments
• 4.2.3 The design of the experiment and procedures
• 4.2.4 Data collection
• 4.2.5 Data analysis
• 4.3 The results
• 4.3.1 Comparison of the Pretest
• 4.3.2 Comparison of the posttest
• 4.3.3 Comparison of the experimental group's performance in the two tests
• 4.4 Discussion
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Major findings
• 5.2 Pedagogical implications
• 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research
• Bibliography
• Appendixes
• 详细摘要