“视觉—非视觉”对立的语言意义

Linguistic importance of the contrasts between vision and other feeling

视觉是人类最凸显的感觉。视觉活动与其他感觉活动在对外界事物体验上存在特征对立:前者常是远距离进行的,至少是有距离进行的;后者常是近距离进行的,有时甚至是无距离进行的。这一特征对立引发了身体活动与心理活动关联中“视觉活动→思维活动”、“非视觉活动→情感活动”身心隐喻的形成。据此,可以解释多种相关语言现象。

The vision is mankind＇s most protruding and apparent feeling. And there are characteristics contrasts on experiencing the world that set other feelings activities against vision activity. The former is often done remote, having the distance at least; the latter is often done closely, sometimes even without distance. This characteristic contrasts causes the Body-as-Mind metaphor.＂ vision activity→ thinking activity＂,＂body activity→emotional activity＂ in the relation between physical activities and psychological activities. With the view of the above, we explains four related linguistic phenomena and some life phenomena, such as why are fortune -tellers often blind？ Why do a lot of poets like creating in the darkness？