A Study of Metaphor and its Application in Language?Learning and Teaching

A Study of Metaphor and its Application in Language?Learning and Teaching

Metaphor is more a vehicle of cognizing the world than purely a rhetorical device. This paper first gives a brief review of traditional metaphor and modern metaphor in the West and then devotes a large space to elaborate on reasons for emergence of metaphor, characteristics of metaphor, working mech...

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Veröffentlicht in:International education studies 2009-05, Vol.2 (2), p.77
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Fachun, Hu, Jianpeng
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Figurative Language
Language Usage
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Semantics
Teaching Methods
Western Civilization
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Zusammenfassung:Metaphor is more a vehicle of cognizing the world than purely a rhetorical device. This paper first gives a brief review of traditional metaphor and modern metaphor in the West and then devotes a large space to elaborate on reasons for emergence of metaphor, characteristics of metaphor, working mechanism of metaphor, and then proposes suggestions on its application in language learning and teaching.
ISSN:1913-9020
1913-9039
DOI:10.5539/ies.v2n2p77