概念整合理论对《围城》比喻的解释能力

The Conceptual Integration Theory:Its Explanatory Power for Some Metaphors in Fortress Besieged

语言现象的认知运作要建立四个抽象空间,即源域空间,目标域空间,类属空间和合成空间,它们构成了一个概念整合网络。这一理论对于认识和理解比喻有充分的解释力。运用这一理论可以从源域空间和目标域空间二者之间的距离差异以及喻底的有无和清晰与否两个维度解释钱钟书小说《围城》中的若干比喻句,并对比喻句的写作提出有操作性的写作原则。

To cognize a linguistic phenomenon, it is necessary to establish four abstract spaces： the space of the source domain, of the target domain, of generic space and of blending space, which form a conceptual integration network. This theory has explanatory power for understanding metaphor. By using this theory, explanations can be given to some metaphorical sentences in Qian Zhongshu＇s Fortress Besieged from the perspective of the distance between the space of the source domain and that of the target domain and from the angle of whether there is a ground or whether the ground is given clearly in the metaphor. An operative principle of writing metaphorical sentences is also supplied therein.