声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research background
1．2 Research significance
1．3 General organization of the thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Event-related potentials (ERPs)
2．1．1 N400
2．1．2 LAN
2．1．3 P600
2．1．4 Advantages of ERP technique
2．2 English phrasal verb
2．2．1 Definitions of English phrasal verbs
2．2．2 Characteristics of English phrasal verbs
2．2．3 The syntactic frames of English phrasal verbs
2．2．4 The meanings of English phrasal verbs
2．3 Relevant theoretical frameworks
2．3．1 Prototype theory
2．3．2 Image schema
2．3．3 Conceptual metaphor theory
2．4 Empirical evidence on L1 processing of phrasal verbs
2．5 Empirical evidence on L2 processing of phrasal verbs
2．5．1 Empirical evidence on L2 processing of phrasal verbs abroad
2．5．2 Empirical evidence on L2 processing of phrasal verbs at home
2．6 ERPs studies on phrasal verbs processing
2．7 Summary
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1 Research questions
3．2 Research design
3．2．1 Participants
3．2．2 Stimuli
3．2．3 Procedures
3．3 Data recording and ERP analyses
3．3．1 Behavioral data
3．3．2 EEG recording and ERP analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1 Results
4．1．1 Behavioral data
4．1．2 ERPs results
4．2 Discussion
4．2．1 Literal meaning and figurative meaning processing in L2-high group
4．2．2 Literal meaning and figurative meaning processing in L2-low group
4．2．3 L2-high group vs．L2-low group
4．2．4 L2-high group vs．native English group
4．3 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1 Major findings
5．2 Implications
5．3 Limitations and suggestions
References
Appendix
Acknowledgments
