英语动物名称的隐喻性转义分析

A Brief Analysis of Metaphorical Semantic Shift of Animal Terms in English

隐喻是词义转移最常见的手段之一。因为动物具有鲜明的个性特征 ,从而使动物名称具有了隐喻转义的功能。文章分析了动物名称隐喻性转义的条件 ,从语义的角度探讨了英语动物名称隐喻性转义的类型 。

Metaphor is one of the most important means of semantic shift.Animal terms possess the function of metaphorical semantic shift because of animals' distinctive characteristics. The paper analyses the conditions of metaphorical semantic shift of animal terms, expounds the types of the shift from the angle of semantic meaning,and then points out the particularly typical functions of animal terms resulted from metaphorical semantic shift.