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A Study on Defining of Metaphoric Competence: Problems and Strategies
WU Xiaofang
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2021.03.004
Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, China
With the deepening of studies on metaphoric competence, the problematic definition of metaphoric competence has increasingly been becoming a barrier in the development of metaphoric competence studies. It is discovered that the relevant studies on the definition of metaphoric competence have ignored the essential differences between metaphoric thinking way and metaphoric competence. For the solution of the problem, the corresponding measures are proposed and the metaphoric competence is redefined as the ability that the cognitive subjects with metaphoric thinking way apply their theoretical knowledge on this thinking model into the better identification, understanding, and production of metaphor.
metaphoric competence, definition, problems, strategies
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