摘要
隐喻是一种不可或缺的认知方式和手段。该文以Lakoff和Johnson的概念隐喻理论为基础,对英语经济新闻标题中的隐喻类别进行归纳,探讨抽象的经济概念是如何通过隐喻来构建的,帮助英语学习者培养在阅读经济新闻中的隐喻意识。
Metaphor is an indispensable cognitive style and approach. Based on the Conceptural Metaphor Theory proposed by Lakoff and Johnson, this paper categorizes the metaphors in English economic news headlines and analyzes how the abstract economic concepts are constructed by metaphors. This study aims at helping the English learns develop metaphor consciousness when reading economic news.
出处
《海外英语》
2012年第3X期278-279,共2页
Overseas English
关键词
概念隐喻
经济新闻标题
认知
conceptual metaphors
economic news headlines
cognition