As one important aspect of human experience,human emotions are expressed metaphorically in language mainly based on human embodiment.In order to further understand the essence of emotional metaphors,this paper present...As one important aspect of human experience,human emotions are expressed metaphorically in language mainly based on human embodiment.In order to further understand the essence of emotional metaphors,this paper presents a contrastive study of HAPPINESS emotion metaphors between English and Chinese,and try to find the similarities and differences between them.展开更多
Emotion has always played an important role in human life.Owing to its fuzzy and abstract features,people often express it metaphorically.Conceptual Blending theory can clearly show the meaning construction and thinki...Emotion has always played an important role in human life.Owing to its fuzzy and abstract features,people often express it metaphorically.Conceptual Blending theory can clearly show the meaning construction and thinking process between the author of original text and the translator of target text.Emotion metaphors are abundant in Tang Xiangxing,especially emotion metaphor for“anger”.So,the study will reveal the dynamic construction mechanism and translation strategy of emotion metaphor for“anger”with the help of conceptual blending theory,in order to provide some reference for metaphor translation in literary work and also be beneficial to introduce the excellent Chinese culture.展开更多
Studies of metaphor and color metaphor have always been a hot topic over the past decades, on which researches have been done a lot. However, the emotion metaphor of color sources has not been that popular. Therefore,...Studies of metaphor and color metaphor have always been a hot topic over the past decades, on which researches have been done a lot. However, the emotion metaphor of color sources has not been that popular. Therefore, from the viewpoint of conceptual metaphor theory, the author intends to conduct a comparative study of English and Chinese emotion metaphor in terms of basic color sources based on data from dictionaries, which is of theoretical and practical value.展开更多
文摘As one important aspect of human experience,human emotions are expressed metaphorically in language mainly based on human embodiment.In order to further understand the essence of emotional metaphors,this paper presents a contrastive study of HAPPINESS emotion metaphors between English and Chinese,and try to find the similarities and differences between them.
文摘Emotion has always played an important role in human life.Owing to its fuzzy and abstract features,people often express it metaphorically.Conceptual Blending theory can clearly show the meaning construction and thinking process between the author of original text and the translator of target text.Emotion metaphors are abundant in Tang Xiangxing,especially emotion metaphor for“anger”.So,the study will reveal the dynamic construction mechanism and translation strategy of emotion metaphor for“anger”with the help of conceptual blending theory,in order to provide some reference for metaphor translation in literary work and also be beneficial to introduce the excellent Chinese culture.
文摘Studies of metaphor and color metaphor have always been a hot topic over the past decades, on which researches have been done a lot. However, the emotion metaphor of color sources has not been that popular. Therefore, from the viewpoint of conceptual metaphor theory, the author intends to conduct a comparative study of English and Chinese emotion metaphor in terms of basic color sources based on data from dictionaries, which is of theoretical and practical value.