试论植物词汇的隐喻

On Metaphors of Plant Terms

分析了汉语植物词汇的隐喻,总结归纳出植物隐喻的两种方式:比拟性隐喻和借用性隐喻,说明了隐喻是人们认知事物的方式。它的本质是一种认知活动。

This paper analyses the metaphors of Chinese plant terms and classifies two types of plant ＂ metaphors, assimilated metaphors and borrowed metaphors. This analysis shows that metaphor is a means of cognitive process and is basically a cognitive phenomenon.