隐喻功能性研究:空白和补阙

Functions of Metaphor and Their Working Mechanisms

隐喻不仅是人类策略交际的重要语言资源，而且是实现策略社会交际不可或缺的语用策略。对于作为语用策略的隐喻——隐喻功能，学者们的探究基本上还是局限在隐喻的外显功能，隐喻的内隐功能和模糊功能还没有得到开发。该文把隐喻功能作为一个整体，从语用视角出发对其进行了深入的探讨。通过分析隐喻意义、隐喻含意、隐喻影像、情感和非言语信息之间的关系，隐喻外显、内隐和模糊功能的运作机制得以揭示。

Metaphor is not only an important linguistic resource but also an indispensable pragmatic strategy for achieving strategic social interaction. The researches into the functions of metaphor are basically confined to the explicit functions of metaphor, with the implicit and vague functions scarcely explored. The paper conducts an overall analysis of the three functions of metaphor from the pragmatic perspective. Probing into the relations between the metaphorical meaning, metaphorical implicature, emotion and non - linguistic cues, the paper reveals the working mechanisms of the functions of metaphor in question.