英汉儿歌的人际隐喻分析

An Analysis of Interpersonal Metaphor in English and Chinese Nursery Rhymes

文章从系统功能语言学的角度分析儿歌中的人际语法隐喻现象,分别选取160篇英文和300篇中文经典儿歌进行量化研究,阐述了该语篇类型中词汇语法层面的发展模式,探讨儿童语言理解力和不同语言模式的感知力,说明在英汉幼儿儿歌语篇中均存在人际语法隐喻。人际隐喻是英汉儿歌的共同特征,这就意味着儿童也在学习并体验同成人语篇一样复杂的语言模式。

Based on grammatical metaphor,the analysis of 160 English nursery rhymes and 300 Chinese ones from the perspective of interpersonal metaphor,which seeks to explicate more fully the manner in which these lexicogrammatical patterns develop.Such an exploration may enhance our potential for fostering children＇s understanding and experience of literacy-related language patterns.There does exist interpersonal metaphor in the language of young children-nursery rhymes,which means that interpersonal metaphor is the common feature in both English and Chinese nursery rhymes and children learn probably many equally complex systems as that of human language.