隐喻的语用学阐释——评塞尔的隐喻理论

A Pragmatic Approach to Metaphor:On Searle's Metaphor Theory

本文从语用学角度对塞尔言语行为理论的隐喻观进行了阐释,重点介绍了塞尔隐喻理论的三大步骤、八项原则,指出塞尔隐喻理论存在的主要问题是:力图将隐喻与间接言语行为区别开来;存在释义需要和释义缺乏之间的矛盾;无法解释事物之间的相似性。

This paper introduces Searle＇s pragmatic accounts of metaphor and focuses on three procedures and eight principles of his metaphor theory. It points out three main problems of Searle＇s metaphor theory： it tries to differentiate metaphor and indirect speech act, there is contradiction between demand and deficit of interpretation; his theory cannot explain the similarities between objects.