以词汇为线索来理解经济话语中的概念隐喻映现

Lexical Clues to Understand Mappings of Conceptual Metaphor in the Economic Discourse

隐喻无处不在,既存在于人类的语言中,又深植于人类的概念系统中。隐喻作为一种概念认知模式,具有系统性,具有隐喻映现。就经济话题来看,其概念隐喻是从语言中显现的,分析概念隐喻可以揭示隐喻语言的普通性和概念隐喻的存在,进而,认识概念隐喻映现又有助于人们理解经济话语,可见其重要的意义所在。

Metaphor is omnipresent,as it is natural in our language and it is embedded in our conceptual system.Metaphor,which is used as a conceptual cognitive model,is systematic,having logical mappings.In economic discourse,conceptual metaphors are perceivable through the words.It is significant that the analysis of the conceptual metaphors can reveal the ordinary language and the existence of conceptual metaphor,and knowing the mappings of conceptual metaphors can help us to understand economic discourse.