摘要
时间具有抽象性,人们利用具体的空间词汇描述时间,即通过空间隐喻认识时间。从认知凸显视角分析时间特征,发现其与时空隐喻之间具有相似性。英汉两种语言中时空隐喻都凸显了时间的伸缩性、线性和方向性特征。
Spatial-temporal metaphors are formed in the process of time cognition when concrete spatial words are employed to describe abstract time.This paper studies the similarities between time attributes and spatial-temporal metaphors from the perspective of prominence.It is found out that the time attributes of flexibility,linearity and directedness are salient in spatial-temporal Chinese and English metaphors.
出处
《浙江外国语学院学报》
2014年第6期22-26,共5页
Journal of Zhejiang International Studies University
关键词
认知凸显
时间特征
时空隐喻
相似性
prominence
time attributes
spatial-temporal metaphor
similarities
