英语动词现在时表达将来时间的隐喻认知解析

Metaphorical Cognitive Analysis of Using English Verb's Present Tense to Express Future Time

英语动词现在时表达将来时间的用法一直是英语学习的难点。现在时原本是用来表示时间上的联系关系的动词标记式。通过隐喻映射,这种联系性意义从时间域扩展到了想象真值域。在系统功能语言学语法隐喻框架下,现在时态表达将来意义时,具有确定性、决心和高值责任感等隐喻功能,这种隐喻扩展用法使得语言更加真实、生动。

The verb forms of present tense used to express future time has always been obstacles in English learning. The present tense is used to express time connection. However,the connection has been extended from the time domain to the imaginary reality domain via metaphorical mapping. Under the framework of functional linguistics,the function of metaphor,ranging from certainty,determination to high obligation,has been available when the present tense has been used to express the future time,which enriches human language.