从认知角度看莎士比亚十四行诗第六十首中时间主题的空间隐喻与实体隐喻

On the Ontological and Orientational Metaphors of Time Theme In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 60” from the Cognitive Perspective

认知语言学认为隐喻不仅仅是一种语言现象,也是一种重要的人类认知方法。在过去三十年中,中国的认知研究比较广泛,涉及到很多领域。就语言学和心理语言学来讲,多数研究集中在隐喻研究方面。本文将从认知的角度分析莎士比亚十四行诗第六十首中关于时间的隐喻,并尝试讨论其时间隐喻的构成和运用概念整合理论来解释其可行性。作者尝试用时间的空间隐喻和实体隐喻来分析莎士比亚表达其时间主题的方式。

Cognitive linguistics believed that metaphors are not only a language phenomenon but also an important cognitive method of human beings. Dozens of studies on cognitive analysis were carried out over the past 30 years in China in different fields. In linguistics and psycholinguistics, they have mostly focused on metaphor study. This paper examines metaphors of time in Shakespeare’s“Sonnet 60”on the cognitive basis and attempts to discuss the construction of metaphors and the feasibility of using Conceptual Integration to explain it. An effort is made to analyze orientational and ontological metaphors of time in this paper to discover Shakespeare’s intention in his expressing the time theme of this sonnet.