Experimental Study on Conceptual Metaphor Theory Facilitating the Understanding of Idioms for English Learners

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作者：

Ren, Junxiang ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Henan Inst Sci & Technol, Foreign Language Dept, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, Peoples R China

来源：

2011 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING (ESME 2011), VOLS 1-5 | 2011年

关键词：

English idiom; experimental study; metaphorical motivation; idioms teaching; FAMILIARITY; TRANSPARENCY;

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中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

English idioms are an important pragmatic phenomenon, which directly affect the learners' cross-cultural communication appropriately. Based on conceptual metaphor theory, this paper presents an experimental study, the results of which show that metaphorical motivation can facilitate the understanding of idioms for non-native English learners and provide a new perspective for teaching of idioms, which improves the learning of English idioms.

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页码：2536 / 2539

页数：4

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