英汉“黑色”隐喻映射文化透视对比

Cultural contrast of the metaphorical mappings between Chinese and English "black"

分析指出,隐喻是源域事物的部分特征向目标域映射的结果,颜色是最常见的隐喻源之一。通过对比分析英汉语言中的"黑色"的隐喻映射普遍性与差异性,有利于揭示产生二者异同的民族文化心理动因。

Metaphor is the mapping of the structure of a source model onto a target model. Colors are a major source domain of mapping. It is helpful to reveal re- spective national cultural psychology by contrasting the universality and variations of the metaphorical mapping between English and Chinese ＂black＂.