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1、AStudyoftheEffectofEnglishMajor’sCognitiveAbilityonMetaphorComprehensionAThesisSubmittedtotheSchoolofForeignLanguagesShenyangNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofArtsByLiHongyueUndertheSupervisionofProfessorWuQiongMay2012Ackn
2、owledgmentsIamwillingtoexpressmygratitudeandappreciationtomanypeople.Withouttheirsupportandhelp,thisthesiswouldnotbefinishedontime.Firstly,mydearsupervisorWuQionghasdevotedsomuchtothewholeprocessofthesiscompletion.Therefore,withouthesitation,Iwanttoexpressmygrati
3、tudetomygreatsupervisorWuQiongforhereffectiveguidance,insightfulcommentsandperseverecorrections.Secondly,professorBaiZhiganghasgivenmemanyvaluablesuggestionsaboutSPSSprogramme.Inaddition,inmyacademicstudy,manyotherteachershavegivenmecontinuousconductandvaluablesu
4、ggestions.Sinceregratitudemustbegiventoallofthem.Thirdly,thankstomyfriends,especiallymyroommates.Theyaccompany,comfort,andcourageme.Lastbutnotleast,myfamilieshavegivenmemuchmaterialandspiritualsupport.Thanksthemsomuch.AbstractIn1980,LakoffandJohnsonpublishedabook
5、named“MetaphorsWeLiveby”,whichestablishedthestatusofmetaphorstudiesincognitiveapproach.Theyproposedthathumanconceptualsystemwasmetaphoricalwhichwasmetaphoricallystructuredanddefined.Inotherwords,metaphorispervasiveinhuman’slife,eitherindailycommunicationorinacade
6、micstudies.Metaphorcomprehension,asonesignificantpartofmetaphor,fulfillsandembodiesworkingmechanismandeffectsofmetaphors.Therefore,metaphorcomprehensionhasbecomeaconsiderabletopicwhichhasbeentakenseriouslyinmanypreviousstudies.Thethesisaimstostudymetaphorcomprehe
7、nsionfromtheperspectiveofcognitiveaspectandtoexploretheeffectofcognitiveabilityonmetaphorcomprehension.Accordingly,itemploysbothquantitativeanalysisandqualitativeanalysisinwhich66Englishmajorsinvolvedinthestudyaretestedoncognitiveabilityandmetaphorcomprehensionre
8、spectively.AsetofstatisticssuggestthatEnglishmajor’scognitiveabilitycanpositivelyaffecttheirmetaphorcomprehension.Inaddition,EnglishMajorswithdifferentlevelsof
