从“人间蒸发”看新词语的产生和流传

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隐喻是类推产生的心理机制,类推是隐喻在新词语产生和流传中的具体表现方式之一,人们在认知上通过隐喻的方式找出不同事物之间的相似性后,必然会把用于某一事物的名称类推到与该事物具有相似性的其他事物身上。“人间蒸发”是随着“蒸发"的使用范围扩大而产生的,它既突破了原来运用领域的单一性和专业性,又增强了语言表达的生动性和形象性。

Metaphor is psychological mechanism based on analogy. Analogy is one of the specific forms of metaphor in the creation and circulation of new words. Man finds the similarities between different things by means of metaphor in cognition. It is inevitable that man will apply the name of a certain thing to other things which are similar to itself. Man＇ s evaporating comes into being with the wide application of evaporating. It breaks through the monotony and speciality of the field in which it was originally used. It also enhances the vitality and picturesqueness of the language expression.