基于模因理论的隐喻

Metaphor Based on Memetic Theory

隐喻是从"始发域"向"目的域"的投射。它扩散了我们的感知体验,也加深了我们对目的域的理解和把握。喻体与本体的相似性是构成隐喻的基础,这为复制、模仿提供了条件。因此,我们可以运用模因学理论来理解隐喻现象及其机制。事实上,为了适应不同语境,某些隐喻成分不断进行复制(包括突变)和传播。确切地说,喻体模仿、复制了本体中的一些内容。作为语境的民族文化,可以成为隐喻性话语内涵的组成部分。在一定条件下,它能够被模仿、复制和传播。

Metaphor is the projection from source domain onto target domain, which diffuses our perception and experience of apperception and makes our understanding of target domain more profound. The similarity of vehicle and tenor is the basis of structuring metaphor, which provides the conditions for copying and imitating. Consequently memetics can be applied to the phenomenon and mechanism of metaphor. As a matter of fact, certain components of metaphor are constantly copied （including mutating） 7 and spread in order to adapt to different contexts, or rather vehicle copies and imitates some contents of tenor. As a kind of context, national culture can be a part of the connotation of metaphorical speech. On certain conditions, national culture can be copied, imitated and spread.