浅议隐喻的语篇衔接功能

Cohesive Functions of Conceptual Metaphor

隐喻是人类概念系统的重要组成部分,在思维和语言表达中发挥着重要的作用。词汇衔接是构成和加强语篇连接的最合适的方式,它反映了语篇所描述事件或各要素中不同的词汇关系。各要素中属于词汇衔接的关系可以通过以下方式反映:直接重复、同义词或近义词、上义词、反义词、特殊—一般指称和整体—部分关系。通过对钱钟书先生《围城》中的衔接方式探讨,可以了解隐喻表达式的语篇衔接功能。

As an important foundation for the organization of our conceptual system,metaphor plays a significant role in linguistic expressions.Lexical cohesion may be the most important device to maintain and reinforce the connectivity of a text,since it reflects the different lexical relations among the events or elements that the text is dealing with.This can be seen in the studies of discourse cohesion.The relations that exists among the elements belonging to lexical cohesive type can be reflected by means of :direct repetition,synonym or near synonym,super-ordination,antonym,specific-general reference,etc.This paper will present the relations that exist between the elements of metaphorical expressions in Fortress Besieged.That is,how the metaphor contributes to cohesion in Fortress Besieged.