比喻修辞面面观

Some Aspects of English Figures of Speech

国内近年出版的有关英语修辞与写作的书籍不少,在谈比喻修辞时大都仅限于分类界说,举例说明。这种静态、孤立的处理易使读者误认为比喻修辞不过如此肤浅。其实,比喻修辞是一个博大精深的话题,它与语言的运用、发展、变迁等都有极其紧密联系。

In recent years, not a few books about English rhetorics have come out. Dealing with the topic of English figures of speech, these books do no more than classification and illustration with examples. This static treatment of the topic misleads the readers to believe that the English figures of speech are that simple. The English figures of speech, in fact, are a quite sophisticated subject, which have much to do with the use, development and change of the English language.