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Cognitive Study on Lingui-Metaphor Operationalization in Chinese and English

Author: JiangDaoHua
Tutor: ZhuYue
School: Anhui University
Course: English
Keywords: Metaphor Contrast Part of speech Syntax Concept Acknowledge
CLC: H05
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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Abstract


Metaphor, as an important topic in the study of rhetoric has always paid close attention to. And their cognitive, and further broaden the understanding of the nature of metaphor to deepen people's understanding of metaphor. However, whether it is for rhetoric or cognitive metaphor, are more or less reflects the metaphor of the operating characteristics, and therefore the two are complementary rather than diametrically opposed. The rhetoric reflects the characteristics of the operation of the metaphorical language; The cognitive study reveals the conceptual essence of the metaphor. This article is based on the metaphor of this understanding, the analysis of the contrast in both English and Chinese metaphors operation to explore the metaphor of cognitive value, detailed analysis of metaphor operation basis points from the point of view of the parts of speech, syntax and concepts to internal mining metaphor the operation characteristics, constitute the law tries to reveal the the language metaphor operation mechanism and cognitive value of metaphor cultural context characteristics to explore the external interaction and integration. The paper stressed that the language selection is not blind random, but human cognitive activity is closely related to the metaphor. This paper at the same time trying to integrate metaphor research dichotomy (rhetorical, cognitive) to explore the the metaphor multidimensional operation interaction, reflecting the universality and cultural constraints of metaphorical cognition in English and Chinese. This article begins by tracing the history of the development of the Chinese and foreign study of metaphor. In terms of historical origins, the metaphor of the West originated in Aristotle's \With the deeper understanding of the Western metaphor for semantic pragmatic turn to cognitive multi-faceted interdisciplinary research greatly broaden the understanding of the nature of metaphor. The Chinese metaphor Throughout rhetorical analysis are imprison, attributable to the metaphor, focused on refining classified. In this regard, the study of the development of Western metaphor is open outward; Chinese metaphor within a single research. Just to modern, introduced with the introduction of Western theory, China began to pay attention to the metaphor of cognitive analysis, but still its infancy. Secondly, the metaphor operation, the paper made a detailed description of the analysis, the inner workings of the conversion of the English and Chinese Metaphors and external cultural contexts associated analyzes, respectively, from the three levels of the parts of speech, syntax and concepts. Distinction of macro of metaphors and micro metaphor operation of metaphor and rhetoric and cognitive language level combined. The microstructure of the various parts of speech metaphor operation further embodied metaphorical cognition tendentious; macro metaphor concept broadens the language may be metaphorical. Metaphor operation of the deep structure and surface structure embodies the metaphorical concepts and language from the perspective of conversion linking prominent cognitive metaphor in language. Metaphor conceptual universal, more nationality characteristics. Finally, from a theoretical point of view emphasized the a metaphor dynamic and holistic. Metaphor of the three levels of analysis from an operational point of view it is also implemented the metaphor dynamic holistic process.

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