隐喻能力研究综述
A Review of the Research on Metaphoric Competence

DOI: 10.12677/ML.2020.82024, PP. 162-171

Keywords: 隐喻能力，交际能力，创新性，影响因素
Metaphoric Competence, Communicative Competence, Creativity, Influencing Factors

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隐喻能力是人们识别、理解和生成隐喻并将其置于语言交际的能力。隐喻能力与人的创新思维能力密切相关，在国家强调培养大学生的创新思维能力背景下，其重要性不言而喻。通过综述相关文献，本文发现隐喻能力研究得到了学界的一些关注，影响隐喻能力主要有5个关键因素，包括年龄、语言水平、创造力、认知风格和性别。并总结了以往研究所取得成就与不足，以期为隐喻能力相关研究提供一定借鉴意义的参考和方向。
Metaphoric competence is the capacity of people to recognize, understand, generate metaphors, even communicate metaphorically. Metaphoric competence is closely related to people’s innovative thinking ability, and its importance is self-evident in the context of the national emphasis on cultivating college students’ innovative thinking ability. By reviewing relevant research, this paper finds that the study of metaphoric competence has received certain attention from researchers, and summarizes 5 key factors influencing metaphoric competence, including age, linguistic proficiency, creativity, cognitive style and gender, pointing out the achievements and research gaps of previous studies, in order to provide feasible directions for relevant research on metaphoric competence in the future.

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