| Abstract | 第1-14页 |
| 摘要 | 第14-16页 |
| List of Tables | 第16-17页 |
| List of Figures | 第17-19页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第20-30页 |
| ·Research background | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Aims of the study | 第22页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第22-28页 |
| ·Theoretical significance | 第23-24页 |
| ·Methodological significance | 第24-25页 |
| ·Pedagogical significance | 第25-28页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Underpinnings | 第30-90页 |
| ·Introduction | 第30页 |
| ·Theoretical background | 第30-33页 |
| ·Development of metaphor theories | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Traditional Views | 第33-36页 |
| ·The comparison View | 第34-35页 |
| ·The substitution View | 第35页 |
| ·The interaction View | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Pragmatic View | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Cognitive View | 第37-39页 |
| ·Metaphoric competence | 第39-53页 |
| ·Definitions | 第40-43页 |
| ·The narrow view | 第40-41页 |
| ·The broad view | 第41-42页 |
| ·A working definition of metaphoric competence | 第42-43页 |
| ·Models of metaphoric competence | 第43-49页 |
| ·Piaget's (1959) theory | 第43-44页 |
| ·Billow's (1977) model | 第44-45页 |
| ·Winner's theory | 第45-47页 |
| ·Levorato and Cacciari's (1995) model | 第47-49页 |
| ·Significance of metaphoric competence study | 第49-53页 |
| ·Empirical studies of metaphoric competence | 第53-78页 |
| ·Emergence of metaphoric competence | 第54-65页 |
| ·Development of metaphoric competence | 第65-71页 |
| ·Stage-view of MC development | 第66-70页 |
| ·Non-stage view of MC development | 第70-71页 |
| ·Factors influencing metaphoric competence | 第71-78页 |
| ·Cognitive style | 第71-73页 |
| ·Other cognitive abilities | 第73-74页 |
| ·Language proficiency | 第74-75页 |
| ·Age | 第75页 |
| ·Gender | 第75-76页 |
| ·Creativity | 第76页 |
| ·Physiological factor | 第76-78页 |
| ·Basic Methods Used in MC Study | 第78-82页 |
| ·Memory-Based Methods | 第78-79页 |
| ·Online Methods | 第79-81页 |
| ·Elicitation methods | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of previous studies | 第82-84页 |
| ·Conceptual framework | 第84-86页 |
| ·Summary | 第86-90页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第90-102页 |
| ·Introduction | 第90页 |
| ·Hypotheses concerning factors affecting development of metaphoric competence | 第90-91页 |
| ·Factor One:Targets | 第90-91页 |
| ·Factor Two:Elicitation Types | 第91页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第91-92页 |
| ·Participants | 第92-93页 |
| ·Instruments | 第93-95页 |
| ·Procedures | 第95-96页 |
| ·Data coding | 第96-100页 |
| ·Analysis of metaphor production in terms of quantity | 第96-98页 |
| ·Analysis of metaphor production in terms of quality | 第98-100页 |
| ·Ethical considerations | 第100页 |
| ·Summary | 第100-102页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Findings | 第102-146页 |
| ·Introduction | 第102页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of metaphoric competence in terms of quantity | 第102-109页 |
| ·Overall developmental pattern of percentage of metaphoric production | 第104-105页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of percentage of production for each type | 第105-109页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of percentage of production for figurative category | 第105-108页 |
| ·Developmental trend of percentage of production for literal category | 第108-109页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of metaphoric competence in terms of quality | 第109-120页 |
| ·Correlations between comprehensibility, appropriateness, and novelty | 第109-112页 |
| ·Correlations between comprehensibility and appropriateness | 第110-111页 |
| ·Correlations between novelty and appropriateness | 第111页 |
| ·Correlations between novelty and comprehensibility | 第111-112页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of metaphoric competence from the dimension of comprehensibility | 第112-114页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of metaphoric competence from the dimension of appropriateness | 第114-116页 |
| ·Developmental pattern of metaphoric competence from the dimension of novelty | 第116-119页 |
| ·Overall developmental pattern of metaphoric competence in terms of quality | 第119-120页 |
| ·Factors influencing metaphoric production | 第120-143页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Elicitation Types" | 第121-129页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Elicitation Types" on metaphoric production from point of view of quantity | 第121-123页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Elicitation type" on metaphoric production in terms of quality | 第123-129页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Targets" | 第129-135页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Targets" on metaphoric production from point of view of quantity | 第129-130页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "targets" on metaphoric productions in terms of quality | 第130-135页 |
| ·Effects of the factor "Metaphor Type" | 第135-143页 |
| ·Comparison between productions of "Metaphor Type" in terms of quantity | 第136-137页 |
| ·Comparison between productions of "Metaphor Type" in terms of quality | 第137-143页 |
| ·Summary | 第143-146页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第146-170页 |
| ·Introduction | 第146页 |
| ·Developmental Pattern of metaphoric competence of Chinese students | 第146-147页 |
| ·Developmental zenith of metaphor creativity | 第147-156页 |
| ·Literal linguistic creativity | 第156-157页 |
| ·Emergence of metaphor production ability | 第157-159页 |
| ·Preference of transparent metaphors | 第159-160页 |
| ·Scantiness of conventional idioms and metonymies | 第160-161页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Elicitation Types" | 第161-164页 |
| ·Influence of the factor "Targets" | 第164-166页 |
| ·MC development in terms of quality | 第166-167页 |
| ·Summary | 第167-170页 |
| Chapter Six Implications | 第170-180页 |
| ·Introduction | 第170页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第170-172页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第172-174页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第174-179页 |
| ·Linguistic competence education | 第174-176页 |
| ·Creativity cultivation | 第176-178页 |
| ·Cultivation of metaphoric competence in foreign language education | 第178页 |
| ·Helping children with socialization | 第178-179页 |
| ·Summary | 第179-180页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第180-186页 |
| ·Introduction | 第180页 |
| ·Summary of major findings | 第180-181页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future studies | 第181-183页 |
| ·Concluding remarks | 第183-186页 |
| References | 第186-220页 |
| Appendices | 第220-226页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第226-228页 |
| Publications | 第228-229页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第229页 |
