英语经济语篇隐喻映射研究

A Research on Semantic Mapping of Metaphors in Economic Discourse

本文结合Sketch Engine的词汇素描功能和WordNet的语义分类对经济语篇中的目标域market做词汇搭配,语法结构和语义分析。按照动词、名词、形容词三大词性分析源域的语义归属,探讨源域对目标域的语义映射。研究发现:在词汇搭配、语法结构方面,目标域market的动词性隐喻所占比例最高,且动宾关系明显;在语义范畴内,目标域market更多地被映射成一个高级生命体,有认知,有情感。

This research is an attempt to investigate lexical collocation,grammatical and semantic mapping of metaphors in economic discourse via Sketch Engine and WordNet. Focusing on verbs,nouns,adjectives in source domain,it has found that metaphorical uses of verbs play an important role in economic discourse. Another finding is that target domain is more likely to be mapped into a living organism which has emotion and cognition.