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Chapter One Introduction 

In  this  chapter,  pages  will  mainly  be  devoted  to  the  brief  introduction  to  this thesis,  including  the  motivation  of  this  research,  the  object,  the  methodology,  data collection and the thesis organization of the paper. 

1.1 Motivation of the study 
The  reasons  for  choosing  the  generation  mechanism  of  Chinese  tian idioms  as the goal of the present study are as follows. Firstly,  in  cognitive  linguistics,  many  linguists  study  idioms  from  conceptual metaphors,  but  there  is  a  lack  of  a  systematic  framework.  And  few  linguists  study idioms from the perspective of cultural model. To fill in this linguistic gap, the thesis aims  to  exploit  the  formation  and  comprehension  of  Chinese  four-character  tian idioms  from  the  unified  perspectives  of  cultural  model,  conceptual  metaphor, conceptual blending and prominence principle.Secondly, the research of Chinese tian mainly focuses in the field of Philosophy, but  less  in  the  field  of  language  research,  which  mainly  concentrates  on  the translation  of  “tian”  and  its  meaning’s  derivation  and  classification.  In  cognitive linguistics,  metaphors  about  tian  are  discussed  from  the  perspectives  of  spatial metaphor,  conceptual  metaphor.  But,  at  present  there  are  few  scholars  to  pay attention  to  the  study  of  idioms  with  tian.  The  study  of  tian  idiom  will  benefit  for getting a deeper understanding of tian’s conceptualization. Thirdly, the analysis of interpreting process of Chinese tian idiom draws a new light  for  studying  other  kinds  of  Chinese  idioms  and  other  special  language phenomena.  What's  more,  the  study  of  Chinese  tian  idioms  is  helpful  to  teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Therefore, this paper is expected to serve as a part of the systematic description for Chinese lexicon. 
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1.2 Objectives of the Study
The  aims  of  this  study  are:  1)  to  build  a  closed  data  corpus  of  Chinese  tian idioms, classify and discuss them; 2) to propose a cognitive framework for analysis of  Chinese  tian  idioms;  3)  to  explore  the  mechanism  of  generative  processes  of Chinese tian idioms.In a word, this paper attempts to reveal the interpretation mechanism of Chinese tian  idioms  by  using  an  integrated  model  called  Cultural  Model  Conceptual Integration Model (CMCI for short), which cons本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。