语言迁移视角下汉语概念对英语习语理解的影响

——以某高校英专生习语理解为例

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Chinese Concepts’ Influence on Comprehending English Idioms from thePerspective ofLanguage Transfer

-A Case Study of Idiom Comprehension by English Majors

ZHAN Qi， NI Jincheng（College ofForeignLanguages，UniversityofShanghaiforScienceandTechnology，Shanghai 2ooo93，China）

Abstract： This study， based on the conceptual contrastive model for Chinese and English idioms， examines the effects of Chinese concept transfer on comprehending English idioms by advanced Chinese EFL learners.A questionnaire survey was conducted to explore their strategies for comprehending diferent idioms as well as the language transfer that occured. The results show that： 1） Chinese concepts significantly influence learners’ comprehension of English idioms. Positive transfer occurs when learners comprehend the English idioms which have the same concept and the same or similar linguistic forms in Chinese， while both negative transfer and positive transfer might occur when learners comprehend English idioms of the same concepts but diferent linguistic forms.Negative transfer occurs when learners understand idioms of diffrent concepts， no matter whether their linguistic forms are the same，similar or diferent.2） When understanding idioms of the same or similar linguistic forms in Chinese，learners do not directly adopt the strategy of “borrowing Chinese”. When understanding idioms that have both Chinese different linguistic forms and concepts，learners tend to resort to Chinese language.Learners should leam English idioms by means of Chinese and English concepts. In addition，understanding the rules of idiom transfer can help L2 learners avoid the negative influence of their native language.

Keywords： language transfer； Chinese concepts； comprehension of English idioms

习语作为一种特殊的程式语，一直以来都是二语习得、心理语言学、认知语言学等领域的热门话题，受到国内外众多学者的关注。（剩余12307字）