中西隐喻的文化含义之比较

A comparative study of the cultural implications of Chinese and English metaphors

每个民族都有自己的文化。隐喻,作为语言的一种重要表达方式,更是反映民族文化的一面镜子。从认知语言学及语用学角度,对中外隐喻在建构上与表意上的重合之处、差异之处及空缺之处作一系统的比较,并探讨其内在的原因,可以拓宽我们的发展思路,增进互相了解。

Every nationality has its own distinctive culture. As an important language device, metaphor is a mirror of the national culture, The paper attempts to make a systematic comparison between Chinese and western cultures in the aspects of overlap, divergence, and gap. Theoretical accounts related to the science of cognition, pragmatics and other factors are also given in the analysis.