论动作型动词的概念隐喻类型及机制

On Conceptual Metaphors of Motion Verbs and Their Mechanism

动作型动词是描述人类基本行为动作的核心动词,动作型动词的隐喻意义具有广泛性:包括单字动词和短语动词的多种隐喻用法。单字动作型动词的隐喻意义是由该动词与做主语或宾语的名词的非常规搭配所造成的语义冲突形成的。由动作型动词和介词或副词等小品词组成的短语动词的隐喻性是由动词或小品词的隐喻意义构建的或由两者共同构建的。动作型动词的隐喻意义所体现的概念隐喻投射类型,即从表人类基本行为活动域向人类抽象思维活动域及客观事物活动域的隐喻映射进一步验证了人类思维的隐喻性和隐喻的体验动因本质。

Motion verbs are core verbs that express the most basic behaviors of human beings. Motion verbs have universal metaphoric meanings which include the metaphoric usages of single verbs and phrasal verbs. The metaphoric meanings of single verbs are formed by the semantic conflicts of the irregular collocations between verbs and nouns,while those of phrasal verbs are formed by the conceptual metaphors embedded within verbs and / or particles. The conceptual metaphor types of motion verbs further verify the theories that human thoughts are metaphorical in nature and that such embodiment deep within the primal human activity forms the motivation of metaphors.