“耳”字成语的认知隐喻机制

The Cognitive Metaphorical Mechanism of the Idioms containing the word "Ear"

隐喻是认知语言学的重要模块,与人类身体器官和思维模式息息相关。身体部位"耳"的位置、功能等是身体隐喻重要的肉身经验基础。在此基础上,"耳"字成语中的隐喻现象多种多样,涉及情绪、听觉,以及由听觉延伸出的信息、注意力、辨别力、思想四个语义范畴。同时,隐喻揭示人类认知的过程,"耳"字成语的隐喻现象体现了人类对"耳"在整体与局部上认知的相合。

Metaphor is an important module of cognitive linguistics,which is closely related to human body organs and thinking patterns.The position and function of the"ear"are the important physical experience foundations of body metaphor.On this basis,the metaphorical phenomena in the idioms containing the word"ear"are various,involving emotion,hearing,information,attention,discrimination and thought.At the same time,metaphor reveals the process of human cognition,and the metaphorical phenomenon of the idioms containing the word"ear"reflects the conformity of human's overall and local cognition of the"ear".