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This dissertation explores the use of catchphrase in communication, mainly within the framework o... more This dissertation explores the use of catchphrase in communication, mainly within the framework of Relevance Theory developed by Sperber and Wilson (1995). I argue that some of the catchphrases, and the variant “snowclones”, can present their meaning at the level of explicature, while some of them may not have an explicitly communicated proposition, and what is communicated goes to the implicature level. More importantly, apart from the basic levels of explicature and implicature, the use of catchphrase always indicates the appearance of allusional content, which is crucial for the hearer to fully construct the mental representations of the speaker.
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Psychotypology, the perceived distance between languages by individual learners, aer its deniti... more Psychotypology, the perceived distance between languages by individual learners, aer its denition rst appearing in Jordens & Kellerman (1981), has received continuous aention in the eld of second language acquisition, particularly on cross-linguistic inuence. However, the absence of a reliable quantication of psychotypology and thereaer integration in the systematic research of second language acquisition has created obstacles for further investigation on that factor. is article mainly aims to propose a new method to quantify psychotypology among individual Chinese learners of English, and also to examine the role of psychotypology in cross-linguistic inuence in the process of acquisition of metaphorical expressions in English. Section 2 is a brief review of the concept of psychotypology as well as its proposed impact on cross-linguistic inuence in second language acquisition. Aer that, the main research questions and relevant hypotheses will be listed in Section 3. Sect...
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