英语名动转用修辞色彩探源——析名动转用过程中的隐喻思维

Explore the Origin of the Rhetorical Effects in theProcess of N-V Shift

运用名词转动词的手法能产生积极的修辞效果,其鲜明的修辞效果主要来源于名动转用过程中体现出的隐喻思维过程。文章分析了转用过程中隐喻思维的具体体现,试图从认知思维角度揭示名动转用词修辞效果产生的根源。

The process of the conversion from a noun to a verb is called in this paper the N-V shift,and the proper use of N-V shift can produce active rhetorical effects.Here the author argues that the bright rhetorical effects derives mainly from its metaphorical thinking included in the process.From the perspective of cognitive thinking, the paper analyzes,in the process of N-V shift,the specific embodiments of its metaphorical thinking,and attempts to disclose the origin of the rhetorical effects of the N-V shift.