Dynamics in metaphor comprehension [Elektronische Ressource] : a cross-cultural web-based experiment on understanding teacher metaphors / von Zhou, Dehui

Dynamics in Metaphor Comprehension — A Cross-cultural Web-based Experiment on Understanding Teacher Metaphors Von der Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Abteilung für Informatik und Angewandte Kognitionswissenschaft, Fachgebiet Allgemeine Psychologie: Kognition an der Universität Duisburg-Essen zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einer Doktorin der Philosophie (Dr. phil.) genehmigte Dissertation von Zhou, Dehui aus Wuhan, China Referent: Prof. Dr. Edgar Heineken Koreferent: Drs. Rogier Crijns Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 30.01.09 IIAcknowledgements Through my five-year stay in Germany, I have not only acquired new knowledge in applied cognitive psychology, but also earned precious experiences of living in a foreign culture. It is with great joy and a sense of gratitude that I recall all those people without whose friendly supports from various aspects I could not have started and finished this dissertation. The greatest credit should be granted to my thesis supervisor, Prof. Dr. Edgar Heineken, who has not only offered me this precious opportunity to study in Germany but also guided me throughout the whole empirical research and acquainted me with Cowan’s working memory theory, which greatly inspired the formulation of the dynamic view of metaphor comprehension.