This paper aims at making some research on spatial metaphor from cognitive angle.Spatial metaphor is a basic tool which can make us more familiar with our world,and lots of abstract concepts are based on it.Take "...This paper aims at making some research on spatial metaphor from cognitive angle.Spatial metaphor is a basic tool which can make us more familiar with our world,and lots of abstract concepts are based on it.Take "UP-DOWN" for example,this paper will mainly discuss the symmetry and dissymmetry of its extension in Chinese and English.展开更多
This paper identifies metaphors in newspaper English, specifically the articles in China Daily, as the research object. Many linguists have studies metaphors in newspaper English, but research perspective is only limi...This paper identifies metaphors in newspaper English, specifically the articles in China Daily, as the research object. Many linguists have studies metaphors in newspaper English, but research perspective is only limited to the classification of metaphor, and not analyses the trends for each type of metaphor from the diachronic approach, therefore, this paper aims to make up for this deficiency. Thirty-six articles are randomly sampled from China Daily in the year of 2010, to make up a small corpus. Then the occurrence frequency of every kind of metaphor of recent years in this corpus is analyzed. Finally, it is found that the occurrence frequency of orientational metaphors shows a decreasing tendency, while those of the ontological and structural metaphors are relatively stable. We have found two reasons for this trend appears. Firstly, orientational metaphors are used less frequently, because they often appear when it comes to the description of numbers, and digital change itself has a lot of direct expression Secondly, structural metaphor and ontological metaphor are relatively stable, because the former helps the readers to understand the new things; the latter can expressed lively展开更多
This paper considers cognitive linguistics as the guide to explore the feasibility of vocabulary teaching based on conceptual metaphor.Following the classification of conceptual metaphor,the paper probes into concrete...This paper considers cognitive linguistics as the guide to explore the feasibility of vocabulary teaching based on conceptual metaphor.Following the classification of conceptual metaphor,the paper probes into concrete effects of vocabulary teaching under the guidance of ontological metaphor,structural metaphor and orientational metaphor.Through detailed analysis,conceptual metaphor illuminates polysemy teaching,lexical collocation teaching and idiom teaching.Hence,it contributes to tackling the existed problems in the course of vocabulary teaching and cultivating students’competence of cognitive acquisition.展开更多
The spatial consciousness of the ancients is reflected in the character formation,structure,and writing of the oracle bones.Piaget‟s genetic epistemology,Merleau-Ponty‟s philosophy of body,and cognitive linguistics su...The spatial consciousness of the ancients is reflected in the character formation,structure,and writing of the oracle bones.Piaget‟s genetic epistemology,Merleau-Ponty‟s philosophy of body,and cognitive linguistics suggest that human spatial awareness is derived from the formation of a spatial awareness of the body,and evidence for this can be found in the body-related characters in the oracle bones.As a combination of symbols and images,the oracle bones are themselves a spatial metaphor that can compensate for the lack of symbolic language and serve as a reference for the aesthetic language advocated by Adorno.展开更多
This paper presents an account of how literal and metaphoric readings of spatial prepositions in so-called"Boolean Phrases"can arise.The account aims to explain how metaphoric and literal readings can intera...This paper presents an account of how literal and metaphoric readings of spatial prepositions in so-called"Boolean Phrases"can arise.The account aims to explain how metaphoric and literal readings can interact,when two(spatial)prepositional phrases are the arguments of one phrase headed by Boolean connectives and and or(e.g.in front of the car and over his problems).It is shown that these phenomena can receive a more thorough compositional analysis by assuming that both types of readings are part of a larger semantic domain for spatial prepositions,logical connectives and their combinations thereof.展开更多
文摘This paper aims at making some research on spatial metaphor from cognitive angle.Spatial metaphor is a basic tool which can make us more familiar with our world,and lots of abstract concepts are based on it.Take "UP-DOWN" for example,this paper will mainly discuss the symmetry and dissymmetry of its extension in Chinese and English.
文摘This paper identifies metaphors in newspaper English, specifically the articles in China Daily, as the research object. Many linguists have studies metaphors in newspaper English, but research perspective is only limited to the classification of metaphor, and not analyses the trends for each type of metaphor from the diachronic approach, therefore, this paper aims to make up for this deficiency. Thirty-six articles are randomly sampled from China Daily in the year of 2010, to make up a small corpus. Then the occurrence frequency of every kind of metaphor of recent years in this corpus is analyzed. Finally, it is found that the occurrence frequency of orientational metaphors shows a decreasing tendency, while those of the ontological and structural metaphors are relatively stable. We have found two reasons for this trend appears. Firstly, orientational metaphors are used less frequently, because they often appear when it comes to the description of numbers, and digital change itself has a lot of direct expression Secondly, structural metaphor and ontological metaphor are relatively stable, because the former helps the readers to understand the new things; the latter can expressed lively
文摘This paper considers cognitive linguistics as the guide to explore the feasibility of vocabulary teaching based on conceptual metaphor.Following the classification of conceptual metaphor,the paper probes into concrete effects of vocabulary teaching under the guidance of ontological metaphor,structural metaphor and orientational metaphor.Through detailed analysis,conceptual metaphor illuminates polysemy teaching,lexical collocation teaching and idiom teaching.Hence,it contributes to tackling the existed problems in the course of vocabulary teaching and cultivating students’competence of cognitive acquisition.
文摘The spatial consciousness of the ancients is reflected in the character formation,structure,and writing of the oracle bones.Piaget‟s genetic epistemology,Merleau-Ponty‟s philosophy of body,and cognitive linguistics suggest that human spatial awareness is derived from the formation of a spatial awareness of the body,and evidence for this can be found in the body-related characters in the oracle bones.As a combination of symbols and images,the oracle bones are themselves a spatial metaphor that can compensate for the lack of symbolic language and serve as a reference for the aesthetic language advocated by Adorno.
文摘This paper presents an account of how literal and metaphoric readings of spatial prepositions in so-called"Boolean Phrases"can arise.The account aims to explain how metaphoric and literal readings can interact,when two(spatial)prepositional phrases are the arguments of one phrase headed by Boolean connectives and and or(e.g.in front of the car and over his problems).It is shown that these phenomena can receive a more thorough compositional analysis by assuming that both types of readings are part of a larger semantic domain for spatial prepositions,logical connectives and their combinations thereof.
