“点到为止”与概念隐喻

Reference-Point Construction and Conceptual Metaphor

由于认知者的概念结构在启动时要发生激活扩散 ,言语信号能使认知者从明示的概念联想到隐含的概念 ,所以讲话人在言语编码时可以使用减缩法 ,跳跃式地触动听话人的概念结构 ,点到为止 ,让听话人顺着一点一滴的明示信号去搜索相关信息。概念隐喻正体现出“点到为止”的编码原理。

When some of our concepts are triggered off by linguistic signals,they will spread their activation to their neighboring nodes.Thus the addresser can leave many concepts unsaid by making semantic leaps.This encoding process is called reference-point construction.The prototypical case is conceptual metaphor.