摘要
美国语言学家Lakoff和英国哲学家Johnson将隐喻研究提升到了概念和认知层次,并指出"隐喻无处不在","隐喻是重要的思维方式和认知工具"。美国总统奥巴马在其就职演说中将"历程"隐喻与美国的发展前途紧密结合,赢得了支持,振奋了民心。"历程"隐喻在奥巴马就职演说中的应用和作用,对英语口语教学具有启示作用。
George Lakoff,the American linguist,and Mark Johnson,the British philosopher,promote metaphorical study to the conceptual and cognitive level.Metaphors universally exist in human language and are important cognitive tools for us to conceptualize and understand the world.With the application of journey metaphor in his inaugural address,president Obama compared the US future development into a journey,succeeding in winning more support and inspiring more enthusiasm.The oral English teaching can be enlightened to a certain degree by the application and function of JOURNEY METAPHOR in Obama＇s inaugural address.
