基于关联理论的习语隐喻跨文化解读

Cross-cultural Interpretation of the Metaphor in Idioms Based on the Relevance Theory

隐喻是人类思维的重要手段和认知方式。习语中蕴含着大量的隐喻,习语隐喻又折射着丰富的文化特征。借助认知语用学领域的关联理论分析了不同的文化认知语境中习语隐喻的生成和各自的意义,并阐释了不同文化背景下的习语隐喻的共同性及其差异。

Metaphor is not only an important mode of human thinking but also a very common cognitive style.As an essential part of language,cultur-loaded idioms are full of metaphors.Based on the Relevance Theory,this paper attempts to discuss the similarities and differences of metaphors among idioms by analyzing their generation and meanings respectively under the cognitive environment.