将来时性的条件分句的隐喻化研究

A Study of the Metaphorization of Conditional Clauses of Futurity

本文从认知的角度探讨将来时性的条件分句中的不同动词形式的由来，对条件分句中形式和意义的认知关系作出合理的解释。本文认为，语法隐喻现象存在于将来时性的条件分句中。当语法符号原有的语法意义不足以表达新的概念和范畴时，正是语法隐喻使语法符号通过隐喻模式与其语法意义得到了统一，从而使其语法意义得到了拓展，使语言不断适应人类认知发展的需求。

This paper discusses the origin and the evolutionary process of verb forms in English conditional clauses of futurity from a cognitive perspective and draws an explanatory conclusion of the cognitive relationship between forms and meanings of conditional clauses. It argues that grammatical met- aphorization exists in conditional clauses of futurity. When the original grammatical meaning carried by the grammatical marker of a certain category is no longer efficient in expressing new concepts or categories,it is grammatical metaphorization that helps to bring about the unity of otherwise divergent and conflicting forms and meanings,thus enlarging its grammatical meaning and making language adapt to the continuous development of human cognition.