英汉时间隐喻对比研究

The Contrastive Research on the English and Chinese Time Metaphor

运用实例对比研究中英文在表达水平时间概念时所用的参照框架,证明了在水平时间方向性的构想方式上,中国人的思维方式与讲英语的人相同。中英文两种语言中的水平时间表征都使用观察者参照框架和时间或事件参照框架,在观察者参照框架下,水平时间表征表示相对于观察者身体朝向的时间方向;在时间或事件参照框架下,水平时间表征用来描述时间或事件的先后顺序。

This paper makes contrastive research on the reference framework of Chinese and English expression of time concept, and shows that in terms of the conception method of horizontal time,the thinking pattern of Chinese people is similar to that of English-speaking people. The representation of horizontal time in the two languages both uses the observer reference framework and the event or time reference framework. Under the observer reference framework,the representation of horizontal time is related to the observer＇s body direction;under the event or time reference framework,the representation of horizontal time is used to describe the order of time and event.