List of Tables

Table 5.1 Descriptive Statistics of the Test Results（COG, LP, MC）

Table 5.2 Correlations of the Three Variables（COG, LP, MC）

Table 5.3 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Comprehension Ability as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.4 Descriptive Statistics of the Test Results

Table 5.5 Correlations of the Three Variables（COG, LP, MP）

Table 5.6 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Production Ability as a Function of Cognitive Ability and Language Proficiency

Table 5.7 Descriptive Statistics of Cognition Scores, English Proficiency Scores, Metaphor Comprehension and Production Scores of both HCG and LCG

Table 5.8 Descriptive Statistics of Cognition Scores, English Proficiency Scores, Metaphor Comprehension and Production Scores of Both HPG and LPG

Table 5.9 Correlations of the Three Variables of LCG

Table 5.10 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Comprehension Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency（LCG）

Table 5.11 Correlations of the Three Variables of HCG（MC）

Table 5.12 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Comprehension Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency（HCG）

Table 5.13 Correlations of the Three Variables of LCG（MP）

Table 5.14 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Production Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency （LCG）（MP）

Table 5.15 Correlations of the Three Variables of HCG（MP）

Table 5.16 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Production Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency （HCG）（MP）

Table 5.17 Correlations of the Three Variables of LPG（MC）

Table 5.18 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Comprehension Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency（LPG）（MC）

Table 5.19 Correlations of the Three Variables of HPG（MC）

Table 5.20 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Comprehension Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency（HPG）（MC）

Table 5.21 Correlations of the Three Variables of LPG（MP）

Table 5.22 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Production Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency （LPG）（MP）

Table 5.23 Correlations of the Three Variables of HPG（MP）

Table 5.24 A Multiple Regression, Metaphor Production Performance as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency （HPG）（MP）

Table 5.25 Descriptive Statistics of the Scores for COG, LP, CFTMS and PDAN

Table 5.26 Correlations of COG, LP and Comprehension Performances of S1, S2, S3 and S4

Table 5.27 A Multiple Regression, Comprehension Performance of S1 as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.28 A Multiple Regression, Comprehension Performance of S2 as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.29 A Multiple Regression, Comprehension Performance of S3 as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.30 A Multiple Regression, Comprehension Performance of S4 as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.31 Correlations of COG, LP and Production Performances of DEN, APT and NOV

Table 5.32 A Multiple Regression, Performance of Metaphor Density as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.33 A Multiple Regression, Performance of Metaphor Aptness as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.34 A Multiple Regression, Performance of Metaphor Novelty as a Function of Cognition and Language Proficiency

Table 5.35 Descriptive Statistics of the Mean Scores for Each of the Four Types of Metaphorical Sentence

Table 5.36 Descriptive Statistics of the Performances of the Three Cognition Groups

Table 5.37 Descriptive Statistics of the Performances of the Three Language Proficiency Groups

Table 5.38 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Comprehension of Metaphors

Table 5.39 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Comprehension of the First Type of Metaphorical Sentence

Table 5.40 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Comprehension of the Second Type of Metaphorical Sentence

Table 5.41 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Comprehension of the Third Type of Metaphorical Sentence

Table 5.42 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Comprehension of the Fourth Type of Metaphorical Sentence

Table 5.43 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Metaphor Density

Table 5.44 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Metaphor Aptness

Table 5.45 ANOVA Results with Between-subjects Factors, Cognition and Language Proficiency Group and Within-subj ects Factor, Metaphor Novelty