英汉“恐惧”概念的隐喻对比分析

A Comparative Study of English and Chinese "Fear" metaphors——from the perspective of cognition

从认知角度在跨文化层面上对英汉两种语言中表示"恐惧"的概念隐喻进行对比分析,证明情感概念隐喻是建立在人类共同的身体经验和生理反映基础上的,存在认知普遍性;又因为文化模式的影响,呈现出文化差异。

Traditionally , metaphor has been regarded as figures of speech, while modern metaphor theories treat it as a cogni- tive phenomenon, a significant way of thinking. A cross-cultural analysis of English and Chinese conceptual metaphors about ＂fear＇from the perspective of cognition is to prove that emotion metaphors are based on human common physical experience and physiological effects, hence, the cognitive university~ that the influence of cultural leads to cultural diversity.