体态语的隐喻功能

Metaphorical function of body language

从历时语言学的角度来看,体态语的元功能是具有指向性和示意性,其指向性的社会化过程促进了人类大脑的发展,为语言符号的产生奠定了基础。体态语具有隐喻性,某些隐喻性的体态语已经固化在了语言中,成为语言中较稳定的部分。体态语具有系统性及与文化的一致性。

From the perspective of diachronic linguistics, body language is manifested with the meta-functions of orientation and expressiveness. The socialization of body language＇ s orientation enhances the development of human brain, hence has laid the foundation for the emergence of language symbols. Body language carries as much as our ordinary language..Some expressions of metaphorical body language have fossilized and deposited into the language, forming the relatively stable part of the language. Body language has systematicality and consistence with culture.