试论英汉情感隐喻的相似性

On Similarities Between English and Chinese Emotion Metaphors

隐喻作为语言使用中的一种普遍现象,人们无时无刻不在大量地使用。人类的认知手段和思维方式受它影响,因而隐喻性渗透到了各种不同的人类语言当中。人类思维模式和生活经验所具有的共通性表明隐喻和隐喻的思维也同样具有共同性。

Metaphor as a universal phenomenon in language use, is used by people all the time.Human cognitive means and ways of thinking are affected by it,so a variety of human languages reflect penetration of metaphor.The commonality of human thinking and life experience shows that metaphors and metaphorical thinking are equally common.