人生概念隐喻个体变异实证研究

An Empirical Study of Life-Metaphor’s Individual Variation

自概念隐喻理论诞生以来,学者们多关注其跨文化的普遍性,而对其变异性研究不足。为了探究概念隐喻是否存在历时变异、专业变异和性别变异,以人生概念隐喻为例,采取半结构化问卷调查的方式,对308名在校英语、工程、市场营销和体育专业本科生和研究生进行匿名调查,结果显示人生概念隐喻的历时变异和性别变异较为明显,而专业变异不太明显。社会文化背景的改变、不同的涉身体验、不同的关注和认知偏好等导致人生概念隐喻的历时变异和性别变异,而单纯的理论知识学习并不是真正的体验认知,并不会带来人生概念隐喻的专业变异。

Many scholars have attached great importance to the intercultural universality of Conceptual Metaphor since its birth,while few have specifically explored its individual variations.In order to verify life-metaphor’s diachronic variation,sex variation and major variation,we conducted survey anonymously among 308 undergraduate candidates and postgraduate candidates on the basis of a semi-structured questionnaire.Their majors range from English,Engineering,and Marketing to Physical Education.The result shows that life-metaphor’s diachronic variation and sex variation are quite evident,whereas the major variation is inconspicuous.We ascribe life-metaphor’s diachronic variation and sex variation to the changing of the socio-cultural background,differentiate embodied experiences and diverse interest and cognitive preferences.However,superficial theory learning is not embodied experience in essence,resulting in life metaphor’s insignificant major variation.